subtract
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
subtracts
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present tense formof subtract (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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To settle the transfer, the U.S. bank subtracts the funds from Bank A's balance and adds them to Bank B's.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The deficit number Newsom presented Friday subtracts the $17.3 billion in cuts agreed to earlier from the $37.9-billion deficit estimate from January.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
Singleton said that if legislation subtracts from how he sees freedom and liberty, “then I’m there to stand in opposition to those things and push back.”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
Terence Nicholson, the former manager of the gallery and a martial-arts adept, subtracts the pop-culture element with a shadowy video of real kung fu moves.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
Still, if one subtracts all the superstitious elements from the subject, there’s something appealing about the small residue that remains.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
