What does subtracting mean?
Subtracting means present participle and gerund of subtract.
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of subtract.
[…] she is confronted with the menacing reality of her incompetence. Which is not to say she can't do the addings and subtractings.
Use subtracting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Subtracting means present participle and gerund of subtract.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] she is confronted with the menacing reality of her incompetence. Which is not to say she can't do the addings and subtractings.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.