plus

see definition of plus

adjadded, extra

nounasset; something added

Synonyms for plus

adj added, extra

Antonyms for plus

besides

preposition. in addition to

Word Origin & History

1570s, the oral rendering of the arithmetical sign +, from Latin plus "more, in greater number, more often" (comparative of multus "much"), altered (by influence of minus) from *pleos, from PIE *pele- (1) "to fill" (see poly-).

As a preposition, between two numbers to indicate addition, from 1660s. [Barnhart writes that this sense "did not exist in Latin and probably originated in commercial language of the Middle Ages."] Placed after a whole number to indicate "and a little more," it is attested from 1902. As a conjunction, "and," it is American English colloquial, attested from 1968. As a noun meaning "an advantage" from 1791. Plus fours (1921) were four inches longer in the leg than standard knickerbockers, to produce an overhang, originally a style associated with golfers. The plus sign itself has been well-known since at least late 15c. and is perhaps an abbreviation of Latin et (see et cetera).

Example Sentences for plus

I have told you what you must do to add the plus, and you can do it if you are the boy I take you for.

Half an hour plus a whole hour makes an hour and a half, does it not?

Spiritual love is physical love, plus all the other phases of love.

It is the plus or initiative in a man's make-up that helps him to the front.

In ten days he was found, plus forty pounds, which the lady had given him.

It is also called a "minus" glass, while the magnifying glass is called a "plus" glass.

“All are useful” (plus only if subject can give a use which they have in common).

“All are your good friends” (plus if subject can explain how).

“All are useful” (plus if subject can give a use which all have in common).

But he had will plus, and his desire was to sound the possibilities of the violin.

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besides

besides

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extra

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