PLUS OR MINUS

Meaning of PLUS OR MINUS in English

used when the number mentioned may actually be more or less by a particular amount

SYN give or take :

The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PLUS OR MINUS — I. adjective Date: 1926 indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of values …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLUS OR MINUS — I. adjective Date: 1926 : indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLUS OR MINUS — Function: adverb Date: 1849 : MORE OR LESS , APPROXIMATELY <a dance for singles plus or minus age 30>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLUS OR MINUS — Function: adjective Date: 1926 : indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLUS OR MINUS — see minus
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUS OR MINUS — see minus
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLUS — 1. more; 2. plus; plus belle (que) more beautiful (than); plus grande (que) greater, bigger (than); plus de (vinti annos) …
Interlingua English vocab
MINUS — (mí-) adv less; minus belle (que) less beautiful (than); le minus belle the least beautiful; plus o minus more or …
Interlingua English vocab
MINUS — minus
English interlingue dictionary
PLUS — I. ˈpləs preposition Etymology: Latin plur-, plus more; akin to Greek pleiōn, pleōn more, Latin plenus full — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINUS — I. ˈmīnəs preposition Etymology: Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter of minor smaller, less — more at minor 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINUS — (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
Английский словарь Webster
MINUS — ( a. ) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUS — /plus/ , prep. 1. more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve. 2. with the addition …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUS — /muy"neuhs/ , prep. 1. less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four. 2. lacking or without: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUS — I. ˈpləs adjective Etymology: Latin, adverb, more, from neuter of plur-, plus, adjective; akin to Greek pleion more, Latin plenus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MINUS — I. ˈmī-nəs preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Latin minus, adverb, less, from neuter of minor smaller — more at minor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLUS — adj hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. 2. plus ·adj more, required to be added; positive, as distinguished …
Webster English vocab
MINUS — adj less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
Webster English vocab
PLUS — [plus] adj [L, adv., more, fr. neut. of plur-, plus, adj.; akin to Gk pleion more, L plenus full--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MINUS — [mi.nus] prep [ME, fr. L minus, adv., less, fr. neut. of minor smaller--more at minor] (15c) 1: diminished by: less …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLUS — plus BrE AmE plʌs ▷ pluses, plusses ˈplʌs ɪz -əz ▶ ˌ plus ˈ fours BrE AmE ▶ ˈ plus …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MINUS — minus BrE AmE ˈmaɪn əs ▷ minus|es ɪz əz ▶ ˌ minus ˈ one BrE AmE ▶ ˈ minus sign …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLUS — I . *plus / plʌs; NAmE / preposition , noun , adjective , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used when the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MINUS — / ˈmaɪnəs; NAmE / preposition , noun , adjective ■ preposition 1. used when you subtract (= take away) one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUS — I. ˈplus sign BrE AmE ( also plus especially British English ) noun [countable] the sign (+), showing that you …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MINUS — I. ˈminus ˌsign BrE AmE ( also minus ) noun [countable] a sign (-) showing that a number is less …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLUS — prep., adj., n., & conj. --prep. 1 Math. with the addition of (3 plus 4 equals 7). °Symbol: +. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MINUS — prep., adj., & n. --prep. 1 with the subtraction of (7 minus 4 equals 3). °Symb.: -. 2 (of temperature) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLUS — prep., adj., n., & conj. prep. 1 Math. with the addition of (3 plus 4 equals 7). °Symbol: +. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MINUS — prep., adj., & n. prep. 1 with the subtraction of (7 minus 4 equals 3). °Symb.: -. 2 (of temperature) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLUS — prep., adj., n., & conj. --prep. 1. Math. with the addition of (3 plus 4 equals 7). Usage: Symbol: +. …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
MINUS — prep., adj., & n. --prep. 1. with the subtraction of (7 minus 4 equals 3). Usage: Symb.: -. 2 (of …
Oxford English vocab
PLUS — ( pluses, or plusses) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You say …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MINUS — ( minuses) 1. You use minus to show that one number or quantity is being subtracted from another. One minus …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUS — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plus point British English (= an advantage or good feature ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MINUS — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a negative/minus number (= a number that is less than zero ) ▪ Can …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUS — Synonyms and related words : above, accessory, add, added, added to, addend, addition, additional, additionally, adjoin, advantage, affix, again, agglutinate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUS — I. noun Plus is used before these nouns: ↑ sign II. adj. Plus is used with these nouns: ↑ side
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PLUS — n. 25B6; preposition three plus three makes six : AND, added to. he wrote four novels plus various poems : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUS — prep. 1 and, added to, increased by, with the addition of, with an increment of, (coupled) with, together with Two …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PLUS — Dealers in government bonds normally give price quotes in 32nds. To quote a bid or offer in 64ths, they use …
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
PLUS — 1. сущ. 1) знак плюс ('+'), плюс; (тж. plus sign); тж. перен. Ant : minus 2. 2) мат. положительная величина …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MINUS — 1. предл. 1) минус; без Syn : without, less 2) разг. без (чего-л.) a book minusits cover ≈ книга без …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUS — plus.ogg 1. plʌs n 1. знак плюс plus or minus - плюс-минус 2. положительная величина 3. добавочное количество 4. плюс, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MINUS — minus.ogg 1. ʹmaınəs n 1. мат. 1> знак минус, минус ( тж. the minus sign) 2> отрицательная величина 2. минус, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLUS — 1) добавочный 2) знак плюс 3) плюс 4) плюсовый 5) положительная величина 6) положительный • plus or minus symbol — знак "плюс-минус" three plus five gives eight — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MINUS — 1) без 2) знак минуса 3) минус 4) отрицательная величина 5) отрицательный • plus or minus symbol — знак "плюс-минус" - minus coefficient - minus infinity - minus mark - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PLUS — plus сущ.1) знак плюс ('+'), плюс; (тж. plus sign) The superscript plus sign denotes a positive ion. — Знак плюс …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLUS — 1. plʌs n 1. знак плюс plus or minus - плюс-минус 2. положительная величина 3. добавочное количество 4. плюс, достоинство …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MINUS — 1. ʹmaınəs n 1. мат. 1> знак минус, минус ( тж. the minus sign) 2> отрицательная величина 2. минус, недостаток, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PLUS — 1. сущ. 1) знак плюс ('+'), плюс; ( тж. plus sign ) The superscript plus sign denotes a positive ion. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MINUS — 1. предл. 1) минус; без Syn: without , less 2) разг. без ( чего-л. ) a book minus its cover …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PLUS — 1. сущ. 1) знак плюс ('+'), плюс; (тж. plus sign) The superscript plus sign denotes a positive ion. — Знак плюс в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MINUS — 1. предл. 1) минус; без Syn: without, less 2) разг. без (чего-л.) a book minus its cover — книга без переплета 2. сущ. 1) знак минуса; минус 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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