addition /əˈdɪʃ.ən/noun 7forms 1phrases 1 noun7 •a new thing or person that joins something already there and makes it bigger or better •The act of adding anything.The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long. •The arithmetic operation of adding. •A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swinish phrase / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…] — 1599 •Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour. •an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct). •A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. formsadditions Phrases with addition in additionAlso; as well; besides.