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plus
A positive quantity.
An asset or useful addition.
"He is a real plus to the team."
A plus sign: +.
To add; to subject to addition.
(often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
To improve.
Being positive rather than negative or zero.
"−2 * −2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")"
Positive, or involving advantage.
"He is a plus factor."
Electrically positive.
"A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole."
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
"A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen."
With; having in addition.
"I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!"
And also; in addition; besides (which).
"Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well."
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