definitions

in addition

1

Also, as well as. For example, They study their instruments and, in addition, theory and music history.

2

in addition to. Over and above, besides, as in In addition to a new muffler, the truck needs new brakes. [c. 1900]

RELATED CONTENT

Hone In vs. Home InDoes a plane home in on a target or hone in on it? Does a musician hone her skills or home them? Are these two verbs interchangeable or do they have discrete meanings? Today we explore the origins and uses of hone and home. Hone entered English as a noun for a pointed rock used as a landmark. In the 1400s, it began to be …
READ MORE
Overworked Buzzwords In BusinessThese are the business buzzwords that are actually offensive. Quit using them!
READ MORE

RELATED WORDS

extra, also, other, further, new, higher, supplementary, added, ancillary, additional, unnecessary, extraneous, unused, extraordinary, fresh, supplemental, leftover, special, auxiliary, farther

Nearby words

in a way, in a while, in a word, in a world of one's own, in absentia, in addition, in advance, in aeternum, in all, in all one's born days, in all probability
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.