Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death We have subtracted $25 per adult to arrive at a basic room rate. add + subtraction subtractions sub·trac·tion She's ready to learn simple addition and subtraction I looked at what he'd given me and did a quick subtraction. addition. to take a number or an amount from a larger number or amount add, deduct deduct, minus minus subtract sth from sth (past participle of subtrahere , from trahere )
If you subtract one number from another, you do a calculation in which you take it away from the other number. For example, if you subtract 3 from 5, you get