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plus

/plʌs/
noun
  1. A positive quantity.

  2. An asset or useful addition.

    "He is a real plus to the team."

  3. A plus sign: +.

Synonymsplus sign, asset
Antonymsminus, minus sign, liability, minus
verb
  1. To add; to subject to addition.

  2. (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.

  3. To improve.

adjective
  1. Being positive rather than negative or zero.

    "−2 * −2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")"

  2. Positive, or involving advantage.

    "He is a plus factor."

  3. Electrically positive.

    "A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole."

Synonymspositive, advantageous, good, positive
Antonymsminus, negative, bad, disadvantageous, minus, negative
preposition
  1. And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

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

  2. With; having in addition.

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

  3. And also; in addition; besides (which).

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

Synonymsand
Antonymsminus

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