preposition, noun, adjective
preposition
1 used when you SUBTRACT one number or thing from another one:
Seven minus three is four (7 - 3 = 4). * the former Soviet Union, minus the Baltic republics and Georgia
2 used to express temperature below zero degrees:
It was minus ten. * The temperature dropped to minus 28 degrees centigrade (-28ｰC).
3 (informal) without sth that was there before:
We're going to be minus a car for a while. * The group found itself minus a bass player.
OPPPLUS
IDIOMS see PLUSprep.
Part of speech: noun
1 (also minus sign) The symbol (-), used in mathematics
2 (informal) a negative quality; a disadvantage:
Let's consider the pluses and minuses of changing the system.
OPPPLUS
Part of speech: adjective
1 (mathematics) lower than zero:
a minus figure / number
2 making sth seem negative and less attractive or good:
What are the car's minus points (= the disadvantages)? * On the minus side rented property is expensive and difficult to find.
3 [notbeforenoun] (used in a system of marks / grades) slightly lower than the mark/grade A, B, etc:
I got (a) B minus (B-) in the test.
OPPPLUS
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for minus is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is minus a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, minus is tagged as noun.
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