Plus

/ˈplʌs/ · preposition

Meaning

And; sum of the previous one and the following one..

Definitions by Sense

1. And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
2. (colloquial) With; having in addition.
3. And also; in addition; besides (which).
4. A positive quantity.
5. An asset or useful addition.
6. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
7. Abbreviation of LGBT+
8. Being positive rather than negative or zero.

Example Sentences

Two plus two equals four.

A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen.

I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!

Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well.

But the pluses far outweigh the criticisms.

He is a real plus to the team.

Look at Trife. He's got two felonies. That means he's finished in society. But he can rap. His two felonies, in rap, man, that's a plus.

When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification.

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Word Forms

• pluses
• plusses
• pluss
• plusing
• plussing
• plused
• plussed

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