Sekirov Dictionary

minus

/ˈmaɪ.nəs/

preposition 2
adjective 4
noun 3
verb 1
forms 6

preposition2

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with a given number or amount taken away
- Seven minus two is five.
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(informal) Without; deprived of.
- I walked out minus my coat.

adjective4

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction.
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That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale.
- Arriving during late spring in the satellite's southern hemisphere, Voyager found the coldest body in the solar system, minus 235°C (-391°F). — 1990
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[after a noun] Ranking just below (a designated rating).
- He got a grade of B minus for his essay.
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(informal, no longer used) Worse off than before; out of pocket.
- The races being finished, we left Epsom for London, Mordaunt's natural vile temper not being at all improved by being three hundred pounds minus by the week's speculation […] . — 1808

noun3

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The minus sign (−).
- On the third day a Master Barnard brings me up a slate full of plusses, minusses, x, y, z’s, and other letters of the alphabet, in a most amiable algebraical confusion. — 1835
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A downside or disadvantage.
- He valued Roderick’s friendship with the highest value he put on anything nowadays. Over the years they had assessed each other’s plusses and minusses and settled for the difference. — 1989
A negative quantity.

verb1

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(informal) To subtract.
- Four plus one is 5 and you go down because it's minusing, […] — 2011

forms

minused · minussed · minusing · minussing · minuses · minusses

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