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PLUS
plus, positive
(adjective) involving advantage or good; “a plus (or positive) factor”
plus
(adjective) on the positive side or higher end of a scale; “a plus value”; “temperature of plus 5 degrees”; “a grade of C plus”
plus, eleven-plus
(noun) (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
summation, addition, plus
(noun) 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”
asset, plus
(noun) a useful or valuable quality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Preposition
plus
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
(colloquial) With; having in addition.
And also; in addition; besides (which).
Synonyms
• and
Antonyms
• minus
Noun
plus (plural pluses or plusses)
A positive quantity.
An asset or useful addition.
(arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
Synonyms
• (useful addition): asset
• (arithmetic: plus sign): plus sign
Antonyms
• (useful addition): liability, minus
• (arithmetic: plus sign): minus, minus sign
Adjective
plus (not comparable)
Being positive rather than negative or zero.
Positive, or involving advantage.
(physics) Electrically positive.
(postpositive) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
Synonyms
• (being positive rather than negative or zero): positive
• (positive, involving advantage): advantageous, good, positive
Antonyms
• (being positive rather than negative or zero): minus, negative
• (positive, involving advantage): bad, disadvantageous, minus, negative
Verb
plus (third-person singular simple present plusses or pluses, present participle plussing or plusing, simple past and past participle plussed or plused)
(informal) To add; to subject to addition.
(often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
To improve.
To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
(sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
(psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
(social media) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
(homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
(optometry) To increase a correction.
Anagrams
• LPUS, ULPs, puls, ulps
Source: Wiktionary
Plus, a. Etym: [L., more; akin to Gr. full. See Full, a., and cf. PiĂą, Pleonasm.]
1. (Math.)
Definition: More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to Ant: minus.
2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. Emerson. Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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