in addition

adverb

Also; as well; besides.

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Meanings

adverbin addition (not comparable)
  1. conjunctiveidiomaticnot comparableAlso; as well; besides.

    Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

    2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3

    Synonyms: addedly, additionally, further, furthermore, epi-

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbAlso; as well; besides.

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addedlyadditionallyfurtherfurthermoreepi-

More synonyms by meaning

adverbdenoting additional information

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furthermoremoreoverwhat is more
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additionallyfurthermoremoreoverwhat is more

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek προσέτι
  • προσέτι (proséti)also; as well
Arabic إِضَافَةً عَلى ذٰلِكَ
  • إِضَافَةً عَلى ذٰلِكَalso; as well
Catalan a més
  • a mésalso; as well
Chinese Cantonese 更何況 /更何况
  • 更何況 /更何况 (gang³ ho⁴ fong³)also; as well
Chinese Mandarin 並且 /并且, 而且
  • 並且 /并且 (bìngqiě)also; as well
  • 而且 (érqiě)also; as well
  • 還有 /还有 (háiyǒu)also; as well
  • 況且 /况且 (kuàngqiě)also; as well
Dutch bovendien
  • bovendienalso; as well
Esperanto krome, aldone
  • kromealso; as well
  • aldonealso; as well
Finnish lisäksi
  • lisäksialso; as well
French en addition, en prime
  • en additionalso; as well
  • en primealso; as well
  • en susalso; as well
German außerdem, ferner
  • außerdemalso; as well
  • ferneralso; as well
  • zusätzlichalso; as well
Greek επιπροσθέτως, επιπλέον
  • επιπροσθέτως (epiprosthétos)also; as well
  • επιπλέον (epipléon)also; as well
Hungarian ráadásul
  • ráadásulalso; as well
Icelandic þar að auki, að auki
  • þar að aukialso; as well
  • að aukialso; as well
  • einnigalso; as well
Irish le cois
  • le coisalso; as well
Italian in aggiunta
  • in aggiuntaalso; as well
Japanese その上
  • その上 (sono ue)also; as well
Latin praeterhāc
  • praeterhācalso; as well
Malay tambahan pula
  • tambahan pulaalso; as well
Persian همچنین, بهعلاوه
  • همچنین (hamčonin)also; as well
  • بهعلاوه (be-a'lâve)also; as well
Polish ponadto
  • ponadtoalso; as well
Portuguese além disso, ademais
  • além dissoalso; as well
  • ademaisalso; as well
Russian кро́ме того́, дополни́тельно
  • кро́ме того́ (króme tovó)also; as well
  • дополни́тельно (dopolnítelʹno)also; as well
  • к тому́ же (k tomú že)also; as well
  • вдоба́вок (vdobávok)also; as well
  • в прида́чу (v pridáču)also; as well
Scottish Gaelic a bharrachd air sin, a thuilleadh air sin
  • a bharrachd air sinalso; as well
  • a thuilleadh air sinalso; as well
Slovak navyše
  • navyšealso; as well
Spanish por añadidura, de añadido
  • por añadiduraalso; as well
  • de añadidoalso; as well
Swedish dessutom, därtill
  • dessutomalso; as well
  • därtillalso; as well
Turkish ek olarak, ilaveten
  • ek olarakalso; as well
  • ilavetenalso; as well
Yiddish דערצו
  • דערצו (dertsu)also; as well
Cite this entry
APA

in addition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20addition

MLA

“in addition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20addition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in addition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20addition.

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