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Definition: Addendum |
AddendumNoun1. Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "addendum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
Etymology: Addendum \Ad*den"dum\, noun; plural Addenda. [Latin expression, from addere to add.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AddendumSynonyms: postscript (n), supplement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adjunct | Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Addendum |
| English words defined with "addendum": Addenda, Addendum circle ♦ shirttail. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "addendum": Call-Level Interface ♦ gear with equal-addendum teeth ♦ standard gear ♦ unmodified gear ♦ X-zero gear. (references) |
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Political Economy | China | At year's end several thousand political prisoners--including Bishop An Shuxin, Cai Guihua, Han Chunsheng, Li Bifeng, Liu Jingsheng, Qin Yongmin, Shen Liangqing, Zha Jianguo, Wang Youcai, Xu Guoxing, Fang Jue, Xu Wenli, Zhang Lin, Zhang Shanguang, Zhao Changqing, Abbot Chadrel Rinpoche, Jigme Sangpo, and Ngawang Sangdrol (see Tibet addendum)--remained imprisoned or under other forms of detention for the peaceful expression of their political, social, or religious views. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Addendum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.98% of the time. "Addendum" is used about 83 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.98% | 78 | 37,656 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.02% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 83 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "addendum": Addendum circle. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "addendum": equal-addendum. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
addendum | 80 |
addendum to contract | 14 |
addendum write | 5 |
addendum definition | 4 |
addendum as | 4 |
addendum estate real | 4 |
addendum form | 3 |
addendum construction new | 3 |
addendum lease | 3 |
addendum mold | 2 |
addendum define | 2 |
addendum agreement purchase | 2 |
addendum based lead paint | 2 |
addendum estate form real | 2 |
addendum sample | 2 |
addendum writing | 2 |
addendum lease pet rental | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "addendum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtesë (accretion, additive, appendage, appendix, bonus, extension, extra, increment, insert, intercalation, makeweight, plus, refill, supplement, weighting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملحق لكتاب, ملحق (accessory, addition, ancillary, annexe, appendage, appendix, extension, rider, supplement), طرف سن الترس, إضافة (accession, addition, apposition, bonus, extension, genitive, increment, rider, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | притурка (accompaniment, add, addition, adjunct, appendix, inset), приложение (adjunct, annex, application, enclosure, practice), прибавка (accession, accompaniment, add, addition, affix, annex, annexe, appendage, appurtenant, augmentation, enlargement, insertion, inset, intercalation, supplement, tag), допълнение (addition, adjunct, affix, afterthought, amplification, annexe, complement, object, pendant, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 補遺 , 补遗 (Addenda). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dodatky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | allonge (allonge), addendum (dedendum), tillaeg (annex, appendix, enclosed leaf), tandtop (dedendum), tandhovedhøjde, tandhoved, tandfod (dedendum, tooth root), dedendum (dedendum), bilag (addition, additive, annex, appendix, codicil, documents, rider, source document, supporting documents, voucher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | allonge (allonge), addendum (enclosed leaf), voethoogte (dedendum), verlengstuk (added board, allonge, extension), toegift (addition, additive, allowance), kophoogte (dedendum), extraatje (addition, additive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ضمیمه (Adjunct, Annex, Appendage, Appendix, Appurtenance, Enclosure, Supplement), ذیل (Appendix), افزایش 2 (Access, Accession, Accretion, Addition, Gain, Growth, Increment, Intensification, Summation), الحاق (Access, Adhesion, Incorporation, Insertion, Inset, Interpolation, Joinder, Juncture, Supplement, Union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | täydennys (after-culture, beating, beating up, blank-filling, completion, enclosed leaf, filling fail places, gapping, infilling, overplanting, patching up, recruiting, reinforcement planting, repair planting), pääkorkeus, liite (appendix, enclosed leaf, enclosure, rider, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | allonge, additif (addition, addition agent, additive), addendum, addenda (addenda, things to be added), saillie, hauteur de tête, hauteur de sommet de dent, hauteur de pied, creux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nachtrag (addition, AMDT, amendment, endorsement, postscript, replacement, replenishment, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπλήρωμα (accessory, adjunct, complement, feed supplement, gatefold, insert, refill, subsidiaries, supplement, supplementary feed, top up, trimming), προσθήκη (accession, allonge, annexation, batch, charge, dash, enclosed leaf, inclusion, insertion, shim, superinduction, superposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תוספת (accompaniment, addition, appendage, extra, increase, increment, rider, supplement, tag), ספח (appendix, attached, attachment, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | toldat (nose, rider), toldalék (affix, annexe, appendage, appendices, appendix, codicil, ell, elongation, pendant, tag, tail piece), függelék (annex, annexe, appendage, appendix, attachment, pendant, pendent, rider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | appendice (adjunct, annex, App., appendage, Appendix, Appx, lean-to, tag), aggiunta (add, addend, addenda, addends, addition, adjunct, afterthought, enclosed leaf, endorsement, extra, insertion, joiningof one thing to another, junction, side-note, steel mill, suffix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 追録 (postscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ついろく (postscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 어덴덤 (Addenda). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | correy (draught, shooting, sowing, spawning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | addendumay adenda (addenda, enclosed leaf, things to be added). (various references) anexã (annex, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, enclosure, enlargement, extension, rider, schedule), adend, addenda (appendix), adaos (accession, addition, adjunct, adjunction, admixture, alloy, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, codicil, increase, make-weight, rider, rise, schedule, sequel, supplement), completare (addition, annex, complement, completion, filling, parenthesis, supplement). (various references) приложение (addenda, adjunct, annex, apendices, apendix, aposition, app appendix, appendices, appendix, appendix (to), application, apposition, run on, supplement). (various references) dodatak (add, addition, additive, adjunct, adulterant, affix, annex, appendage, appendix, apposition, appurtenance, context, extra, insert, makeweight, overplus, plus, supplement). (various references) apéndice (accessory, addition, adjunct, annex, annexe, appendage, appendix, neck, schedule, side-issue, supplement, tailpiece), altura de pie del filete (dedendum), altura de pie (dedendum), altura de cabeza (dedendum), adición (add, addition, adjunction, admixture, apposition, enclosed leaf, summation), adenda, addenda (addenda, things to be added). (various references) tillägg (addition, additions, amendment, anexation, annex, annexation, annexe, enclosed leaf, increment, insert, insertion, run in, supplement, tag). (various references) ilave (accretion, addition, additional, adjunct, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, bye-, excess, extension, extra, insertion, inset, pendant, plusage, plussage, rider, schedule, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation), ek (addition, additional, adjunct, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, by-, bye-, extension, extra, formative, further, insertion, inset, postscript, schedule, super-, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation). (various references) додаток (adjunct, adjunction, affix, annex, annexe, appendage, appendant, appendix, codicil, complement, enclosure, inclosure, object, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Addendum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abdenour, adandum, addednum, addedum, addemdum, addendam, addenum, Adenau, adendum, aduncum, Idundun. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "addendum" (pronounced ude"dum) |
| 4 | -e" d u m | Sedum. |
| 3 | -d u m | boredom, chiefdom, condom, corundum, dukedom, earldom, fiefdom, freedom, kingdom, macadam, madam, Madame, martyrdom, memorandum, modem, officialdom, random, referendum, seldom, sheikdom, Sodom, stardom, subkingdom, tandem, wisdom. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-d-e-m-n-u" | |
-2 letters: addend, damned, demand, madded, madden, mudded, undead, unmade. | |
-3 letters: added, admen, amend, duded, dunam, maned, maund, menad, named. | |
-4 letters: amen, dame, damn, dead, dean, duad, dude, duma, dune, made, mane, maud, maun, mead, mean, mend, menu, name, nema, neum, nude, unde. | |
-5 letters: add, amu, and, ane, dad, dam, den, dud, due, dun, eau, emu, end, mad, mae, man, med, men, mud, mun, nae, nam. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 64 65 6E 64 75 6D |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. -.. . -. -.. ..- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d d e n d u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0064 0065 006E 0064 0075 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570707180708779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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