additional
/ə'diʃənl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Extra or supplementary: Existing or provided beyond what is usual, expected, or already present. It describes something added to increase quantity, number, or scope.
- Further: More of the same kind, often to meet a need or requirement.
Usage
The word "additional" is used to modify nouns, indicating that more of something is being included or considered. It is a formal synonym for "more" or "extra." It is commonly used in academic, professional, and everyday contexts to specify an increase or supplement.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The recipe calls for additional salt. (More salt is needed beyond what has already been added.)
- Please provide any additional information you have. (Supply any further or extra information.)
- There will be an additional charge for luggage. (An extra fee applies.)
Advanced Usage
- "Additional to": Used to explicitly state what something is supplementing.
- This payment is additional to your regular salary. (This payment is extra, separate from your normal salary.)
Variants and Related Words
- Additionally (adverb): As an extra factor or circumstance; furthermore.
- The software is free. Additionally, technical support is provided.
- Add (verb): To join something to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.
- Addition (noun): The action or process of adding something to something else.
Synonyms
- Extra: More than is usual or necessary.
- Further: More or additional.
- Supplementary: Completing or enhancing something.
- More: A greater or additional amount or degree.
Antonyms
- Fewer: A smaller number of.
- Less: A smaller amount of.
- Reduced: Made smaller or less.
Related Phrases
- In addition: As an extra person, thing, or circumstance. (This is a related phrase, not a direct variant of the adjective "additional").
- In addition to his degree, he has years of experience.
Adjective
- further or added
- called for additional troops
- need extra help
- an extra pair of shoes