Afford vs Addition - What's the difference?
afford | addition |
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.
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To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
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To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
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, title= (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
As a verb afford
is to incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc; to be able or rich enough.As a noun addition is
addition.afford
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Alternative forms
* afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992), passage=Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror”segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.}}
Usage notes
* Sense 1. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* affordable * affordance * offer affordancesaddition
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(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
