subtract
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
subtracted
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past participleof subtract.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof subtract.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
subtractverb (used with object)to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
Example Sentences
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And about $1 billion of any sale would be subtracted to cover the Dodgers’ future commitments on deferred contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Piper Sandler’s analysts estimated that rising earnings contributed about 18.5 percentage points to that return, while a shrinking price-to-earnings multiple subtracted nearly 8 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
If U.S. levies remain in place, Mexico wants the value of U.S. content in goods it exports to be subtracted from tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Abbott secretly subtracted a hidden value from measurements involving some of the experimental masses.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
When you added them all up and then subtracted, you might be left with only the children, and perhaps with Albert Einstein and an old violinist or sculptor somewhere.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
