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ad·di·tion·al

additional

 
 
pronunciation:
dI sh nl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition: more; added.
We will need additional chairs for the seminar; ten will not be enough.
synonyms:
more, other, over and above, supplementary
similar words:
another, auxiliary, excess, extra, further, spare
Word Combinations  About this feature
(adj.)additional + noun acre, analysis, assistance, benefit, burden, capacity, cent, charge, comment, consideration, constraint, cost, cover, coverage, description, disability, dollar, evidence, expense, factor, feature, finding, flour, fund, funding, guidance, incentive, income, information, insight, item, layer, limitation, measure, mile, minute, processing, purchase, reduction, reporting, requirement, research, resource, revenue, section, spending, storage, strain, support, tax, testing, time, training, variable, variance [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: additionally (adv.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word additional contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual Latin adjective-forming suffix that means pertaining to
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The suffix -al2, -ial attaches primarily to nouns (national , environmental ) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots (final , capital , comical ) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.