addition
US /əˈdɪʃən/
Definition
a component that is added to something to improve it
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
In addition to salary, the job offers free health insurance.
Synonyms
- supplementtextual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- extensiona mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- annexan addition that extends a main building
Collocations
- Easy in addition to Englishindicating a state, position, or relationship within addition to English
- Medium a valuable addition to our teamreferring to a valuable addition to our team
- Hard addition of new safety clausesdescribing addition of new safety clauses (a component that is added to something to improve it)
- Very Hard synergistic addition to the groupdescribing synergistic addition to the group (used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more))
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