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ADD-ON

Specialty Definition: ADD-ON

DomainDefinition

Computing

Qualifies a circuitry or a system that can be attached to a computer to increase memory or performance. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

A facility which enables a recipient of an incoming call to add a third line to the connection, making it a three-way conference call. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ADD-ON

Specialty definitions using "ADD-ON": 3DOApple NewtonCarbon AbsorberDesktop Management Interfacehybrid multiprocessingOS/2, OS2RealAudio, reserved memorysymmetric multiprocessingwavXT bus architecture. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ADD-ON

DomainTitle

Books

  • Certified Flight Instructor Test Prep 2003: Study and Prepare for the Flight and Ground Instructor, Airplane, Helicopter, Glider, Add-On Ratings, Fundamentals of Instructing, and Designated Pilot Examiner FAA Knowledge Tests (Test Prep series) (reference)

  • Flight Engineer Test Prep 2003: Study and Prepare for the Flight Engineer Basic, Turbojet, Reciprocating and Add-On Rating FAA SERIES: Test Prep series (reference)

  • Mathematica 3.0 Standard Add-On Packages (reference)

  • The Homeowner's Complete Handbook for Add-On Solar Greenhouses & Sunspaces: Planning, Design, Construction (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Carey Template 450-20 4th Hinge Add-On Kit (reference)

  • Ryobi BV720R TrimmerPlus Add-on Blow/Vac/Mulcher (reference)

  • Ryobi GC720R TrimmerPlus Add-on Garden Cultivator (reference)

  • Ryobi LE720R TrimmerPlus Add-on Lawn Edger (reference)

  • Plano PC-1L 49" Add-On (Two Clamps, One Rail) (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ADD-ON

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In an add-on to a third NHLBI-funded study, the Physician's Health Study II, researchers will examine whether the antioxidant supplement or multivitamin the participants are taking to measure effects on cardiovascular function have an influence on their age-related cognitive changes. (references)

A cognitive component has also been added to a second NHLBI trial, the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study, in which older women at high risk of cardiovascular disease are taking either antioxidants or a combination of folate and vitamins B6 and B12. In both of these trials, the add-on studies are testing the effect of these compounds on age-related cognitive decline. (references)

Business

Foreign suppliers of IT services interested in the German market need a competent local agent, distributor or systems integrator or should consider a joint venture with a local IT service company, who would take on their service line as an add-on to their own portfolio. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: ADD-ON

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Fred Thompson

That very well could be the case, because part of what we've got to do, and I think really kind of the add-on to what I just said, is that we have got to be proactive in some areas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ADD-ON

"ADD-ON" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.39% of the time. "ADD-ON" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.39%6143,149
Adjective (general or positive)1.61%1339,140
                    Total100.00%62N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ADD-ON

Language Translations for "ADD-ON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

add-on, udvidelse (expansion). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitbreiding (annex, contents, database state, encroachment, extension, extension of the data base, instance, state), toevoeging (addition). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lisälaite (accessory), lisä- (peripheral). (various references)

   

French

  

additionnel (additional), programme additionnel, outil complémentaire. (various references)

   

German

  

Zusatz (accessory, addend, addition, additive, adjunct, admixture, amendment, application, apposition, backing, codicil, endorsement, replacement, replenishment, rider, separable element, supplement). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόσθετο (additive), επιπρόσθετο (adjunct). (various references)

   

Italian

  

addizionale (additional, extra, farther, further, plus), supplementare (additional, extra, relief, supplementary), complementare (complementary). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アドオン方式 (ad campaign, ad hoc, ad man, ad-balloon, ad-hocracy, admin, admission, Admission Free, admittance, advance, advanced, advantage, advantage rule, adventure, advertisement, advertising, advice, adviser), アト"ー性皮膚炎 (ad, ad impact, add-on module, adobe, advertisement, at random, atmosphere, atom, atomic, atopic dermatitis, atrium, attraction, attractive, attractor, attribute, autoload, studio). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アドオンほうしき, アドオン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

add-onay

   

Portuguese

  

acessório (accessory, accidental, accompaniment, adjunct, appendant, attachment, collateral, fixture, incidental, paraphernalia, secondary, side, subsidiary, unessential), serviço suplementar de conferência de três partes. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

расширение (amplification, dilatation, dilation, distension, distention, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, spread-out, widening). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

agregado (aggregate, aggregated, aggregation, aggregative, attache, attached, incorporated), suplemento (extra, replacement, replenishment, supplement), complemento (appendix, complement, object, obverse, supplement, supporting feature). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tilläggs- (additional, supplementary). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ADD-ON

Misspellings

"ADD-ON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: addon, addton, Adson, Iddon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ADD-ON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-n-o"

-1 letter: dado, dona.

-2 letters: add, ado, and, dad, don, nod, odd.

-3 letters: ad, an, do, na, no, od, on.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-n-o"
 

+2 letters: adenoid, adorned, android, dadoing, deodand, diamond, donated, duodena, goddamn.

 

+3 letters: abounded, addition, adenoids, adjoined, androids, anodized, bondmaid, deaconed, deodands, diamonds, dockhand, dockland, dognaped, downland, download, downward, drawdown, duodenal, goddamns, handhold, landlord, ordained, ordinand, pandowdy, pardoned, unloaded, woodland.

 

+4 letters: abandoned, absconded, addiction, additions, adduction, adenoidal, adjourned, andromeda, antidoted, astounded, bondmaids, broadband, broadened, canoodled, cloudland, commanded, dandelion, decapodan, demantoid, deodorant, detonated, diagnosed, diamonded, dichondra, dockhands, docklands, dodecagon, dognapped, dominated, downdraft, downgrade, downlands, downloads, downwards, dragooned, drawdowns, fanfolded, gadrooned, goddamned, hacendado, handholds, hardbound, iodinated, landlords, mordanted, nonaddict, nongraded, nonleaded, offhanded, ordinands, outadding, outdanced, poniarded, readorned, unadorned, videoland, woodlands.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Quotations: Spoken
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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