plus
plus - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /plʌs/
- (General Australian) IPA: /pɫɐs/
Preposition
plus
- And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
- Two plus two equals four.
- A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen.
- (colloquial) With; having in addition.
- I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!
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Antonyms
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Conjunction
plus
- And also; in addition; besides (which).
- Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well.
Noun
plus (plural pluses or plusses)
- A positive quantity.
- An asset or useful addition.
- He is a real plus to the team.
- (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (useful addition): liability, minus
- (arithmetic: plus sign): minus, minus sign
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Adjective
plus (not comparable)
- 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.
- (physics) Electrically positive.
- A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole.
- (postpositive) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
- The bus can fit 60 plus kids, but we only get 48.
Synonyms
- (being positive rather than negative or zero): positive
- (positive, involving advantage): advantageous, good, positive
Antonyms
Derived terms
- (positive, involving advantage):
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Verb
plus (third-person singular simple present pluses or plusses, present participle plusing or plussing, simple past and past participle plused or plussed)
- (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
- (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
- To improve.
- To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
- (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
- (psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
- (social media, dated) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
- Coordinate term: like
- (homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
- (optometry) To increase a correction.
Anagrams
plus - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈplus]
Conjunction
plus
Noun
plus m inan or n
Declension
when masculine:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | plus | plusy |
genitive | plusu | plusů |
dative | plusu | plusům |
accusative | plus | plusy |
vocative | pluse | plusy |
locative | plusu | plusech |
instrumental | plusem | plusy |
Indeclinable when neuter.
Related terms
- pluralismus
- pluralista
- pluralistický
- pluralita
- plurál
plus - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: [plus]
- Hyphenation: plus
Conjunction
plus
plus - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplus/, [ˈplus̠]
- Syllabification: plus
Conjunction
plus
Adjective
plus (not inflected)
Derived terms
plus - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ply/ in its positive sense if followed by an adjective or an adverb not beginning with a vowel, and always in its negative sense (e.g. il est plus grand que moi, or je n'en peux plus)
- IPA: /plyz‿/ in the case of a liaison, i.e. if followed by an adjective or an adverb beginning with a vowel (e.g. tu dois être plus ambitieux)
- IPA: /plys/ in its positive sense, when not followed by an adjective or an adverb (e.g. j'en ai plus que toi or avancez un peu plus, s'il vous plait)
- (Quebec, informal) IPA: /py/ in its negative sense.
Adverb
plus
- more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
- Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. ― Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
- Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. ― Yours is much bigger than mine.
- Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. ― She is more beautiful than her cousin.
- Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. ― They are each more stubborn than the last.
- more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
- Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. ― She does it more quickly than he does.
- plus vite ! ― faster!
- (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
- Je travaille plus en ce moment. ― I am working more at the moment.
- Je veux faire plus. ― I want to do more.
- more (indicating a greater quantity) [+ de (noun)]
- Elle a plus de chocolat. ― She has more chocolate.
- Plus de la moitié reste. ― More than half is left.
- more (supplementary, preceded by de)
- Une heure de plus et il serait mort. ― One more hour and he would be dead.
- Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. ― One more kilo, please.
- (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
- la plus grande ― the biggest
- le plus difficile ― the most difficult
- (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
- Tu n'existes plus. ― You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
- Il n'y a plus de travail. ― There is no more work.
- (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
- Plus je vois, plus je veux.
- The more I see, the more I want.
- (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
- Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends.
- The more I listen, the less I understand.
Usage notes
- There may be some difficulty for non-native speakers to detect the negativity or positivity of "plus". The negative sense is generally used with a ne, but the "ne" is sometimes elided or even dropped in colloquial speech. Thus in certain cases, some speakers may choose to pronounce the final /s/ of a positive plus (as /plys/) in order to make a distinction.
Derived terms
Noun
plus m (plural plus)
- plus, the symbol +
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ply/
Verb
plus
- first/second-person singular past historic of plaire
Participle
plus m pl
- (obsolete) masculine plural of the past participle of plaire
Usage notes
- In modern French, the past participle of plaire is always invariable, because it is always intransitive.
plus - German
Adverb
plus
plus - Interlingua
Adverb
plus (not comparable)
- more (used to form comparatives)
le plus
Antonyms
plus - Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /pluːs/, [pɫ̪uːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /plus/, [plus]
Adjective
plūs (neuter plūs); third declension
- comparative degree of multus
- (more in quantity) more, additionally
- Synonym: magis (magis indicates more in degree)
- (more in extent) further
- Plus ultra! = "Further beyond!" (this is the national motto of Spain)
- (more in quantity) more, additionally
Declension
Irregular third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | — | plūs | plūrēs | plūra | |
Genitive | plūris | plūrium | |||
Dative | — | plūribus | |||
Accusative | — | plūs | plūrēs | plūra | |
Ablative | plūre | plūribus | |||
Vocative | plūs | plūrēs | plūra |
Note: Singular forms take the genitive of the whole and do not function as adjectives.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- French: plus
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
plus - Old French
Adverb
plus
Descendants
plus - Old Occitan
Adverb
plus
Descendants
plus - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /plus/
- Syllabification: plus
Noun
plus m inan
Declension
plus - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /plus/
Conjunction
plus
Synonyms
Noun
plus n (plural plusuri)
Derived terms
plus - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplus/ [ˈplus]
- Syllabification: plus
Noun
plus m (plural pluses)
Derived terms
plus - Swedish
Conjunction
plus
- (mathematics) and, plus
Noun
plus n
- plus sign
- benefit, advantage
Declension
Declension of plus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | plus | plusset | plus | plussen |
Genitive | plus | plussets | plus | plussens |