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- subtract (something) (from something)
to take a number or an amount away from another number or amount 减；减去 6 subtracted from 9 is 3 9 减 6 等于 3。 If you subtract 6 from 9, you get 3. 9减6，剩3。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySubtract is used with these nouns as the object:- number
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin subtract- ‘drawn away’, from sub- ‘from below’ + trahere ‘to draw’.