minus
Pronunciation Preposition
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Pronunciation Preposition
- (informal) Without.
- I walked out minus my coat.
- Synonyms: lacking, without
- (mathematics) less; reduced by.
- seven minus two is five
- Antonyms: plus
minus (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Negative.
- a minus number
- On the negative part of a scale.
- minus seven degrees
- (postpositive) Ranking just below a designated rating.
- He got a grade of B minus for his essay.
- French: strictement négatif, strictement négative
- Italian: negativo, negativa
- Portuguese: negativo
- Russian: отрица́тельный
- French: moins
- Russian: ми́нус
- French: moins
- Russian: с ми́нусом
minus (plural minuses)
- (mathematics) A minus sign (−).
- (mathematics) A negative quantity.
- A downside or disadvantage.
- (defect or deficiency) defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming
- (minus sign) plus, plus sign
- (negative quantity) positive
- (defect or deficiency) advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus
- German: Minus
- Russian: ми́нус
minus (minuses, present participle minusing; past and past participle minused)
- (transitive, colloquial) To subtract.
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