(n) the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"

(n) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"

(n) a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinammon improved the flavor"

(n) a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

(n) something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"

(n) a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

(n) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business

(n) a system that provides quantitative information about finances

(n) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions"

(n) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

(n) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

(n) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

(n) a lawyer who pleads cases in court

(v) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

(v) push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

(n) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

(n) an ability that has been acquired by training

(n) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

(n) something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"

(s) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

(s) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

(n) a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

(n) informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"

(r) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a total

(r) with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns close to a million dollars"

(r) with everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"