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plus

20 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) plus (adjective)
  2. 2) plus (noun)
  3. 3) plus (preposition)
  4. 4) plus (conjunction)
  5. plus fours (noun plural)
  6. plus head (noun)
  7. plus juncture (noun)
  8. plus lens (noun)
  9. plus or minus (adjective)
  10. plus or minus (adverb)
  11. plus petitio (noun)
  12. plus pressure (noun)
  13. plus sign (noun)
  14. plus value (noun)
  15. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (foreign term)
  16. plus royaliste que le roi (foreign term)
  17. cost-plus (adjective)
  18. eleven-plus (noun)
  19. ne plus ultra (noun)
  20. c'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute (foreign term)

1plus

adj \ˈpləs\

Definition of PLUS

1
: algebraically positive
2
: having, receiving, or being in addition to what is anticipated
3
a : falling high in a specified range <a grade of C plus> b : greater than that specified c : possessing a specified quality to a high degree
4
: electrically positive
5
: relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plantlike organisms (as a fungus)
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Origin of PLUS

Latin, adverb, more, from neuter of plur-, plus, adjective; akin to Greek pleion more, Latin plenus full — more at full
First Known Use: 1579

Rhymes with PLUS

bus, buss, crus, cuss, fuss, muss, pus, Russ, suss, thus, truss, us

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