how to pronounce addition

/əˈdɪʃən/

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addition is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of addition pronunciation

An example use of addition in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… has been and in addition the trust that …”

meaning of addition

Addition is the act of adding one or more numbers or quantities to a given number or quantity.

addition frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word addition occurs in english on average 20.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics addition can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that addition can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;