addendum

From the gerundive of Latin addere (“to add”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdɛn.dəm/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈden.dəm/
• Hyphenation: ad‧den‧dum

addendum (plural addenda or addendums)

1. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

   Synonym: (shortening) addend

2. A postscript.
3. (engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.

addendum

1. inflection of addendus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Learned borrowing from Latin addendum. First attested in 1754.[1]

• IPA^(key): /adˈdɛn.dum/
• Rhymes: -ɛndum
• Syllabification: ad‧den‧dum

addendum n

1. addendum (something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document)
   • 2005, “Ulga dla przyrody i mieszkańców”, in Dziennik Polski‎:

     Specjalnym addendum do kontraktu wydłużono termin oddania inwestycji.

     The deadline for commissioning the investment was extended with a special addendum to the contract.