additional
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of additional
Explanation
If your parents get you a cell phone and add it to their plan as an additional line, they are adding one more line to their bill, so additional means another or one more. Even though they added an additional line to their plan, your parents might ask you to pay for the additional charges. That means they will see how much more your phone usage adds to their plan, and will charge it back to you. If you complain, they might say to avoid additional conflict, you can just get your own plan and pay all of the bills!
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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Example Sentences
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Police said "additional evidence was gathered at the scene" which would now be reviewed.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The company has increased monitoring around the smelter and asked for the additional time to work with the EPA on evaluating “flaws” in the updated rule, she said.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Compared to exercising in silence, participants were able to continue riding for nearly six additional minutes before reaching exhaustion.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
He presented survey data from the Federal Reserve of Chicago that found economists, technology workers, and the general public each expect roughly one percentage point of additional productivity growth annually over the next decade.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
Multi-part performance of any kind requires the child to focus intensely on their part, training the brain to produce one part while acknowledging additional auditory stimuli coming from the other parts.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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