subtract
verb/səbˈtrækt/
Frequency rank: #11,816 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to take away a number or amount from another; to perform subtraction.
Example sentence
Please subtract the smaller number from the larger one to find the difference.
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