pluspreposition
uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/A2 added to:
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- The cost is $205 plus $3 for shipping.
- Please enclose £15.99, plus £2 for postage.
- "Three plus three is seven. True or false?" "False."
- It costs £1,000 a week to hire the yacht, plus a £120 returnable deposit.
- The loan has to be repaid, plus interest, within 18 months.
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- add (sth) up
- addition sign
- associative property
- borrow
- carry sth forward/over
- coefficient
- deduct
- distributive
- divide
- divisible
- divisor
- half
- long division
- minus
- multiplication table
- multiply
- power
- table
- times
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pluspreposition, conjunction
uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/B1 and also:
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- We're taking Phil's luggage, plus Annie's.
- There'll be Jenny and Darren, plus Mike and Sean.
- We'll need a washing machine and cooker, plus a new bed.
- Skiing would be too expensive, plus Susie doesn't like the cold.
- Steve won't be around to help us, plus we're moving house around that time.
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Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- side
- the icing on the cake idiom
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
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plusnoun [ C ]
uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/plus noun [ C ] (ADVANTAGE)
B2 plural pluses or plusses informal an advantage or a good feature:
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- On the whole it's a good proposition, the plusses seem to outweigh the minuses.
- You've got more experience than the others, which should be a real plus in the interview.
- The fact that we live so near my parents is a major plus from the point of view of childcare.
- Some knowledge of accountancy techniques is a definite plus in this role.
- Having an extra bedroom since we moved is a big plus.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- trouble
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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plus noun [ C ] (ADDITION SIGN)
also plus sign the (+) sign, written between two numbers to show that they should be added together
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Mathematical symbols
- addition sign
- degree
- division sign
- equal sign
- expression
- foot
- minus
- multiplication sign
- pi
- placeholder
- point
- subtraction sign
- x
- y
plusadjective
uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/plus adjective (ADDITION)
[ before noun ] A plus number or amount is more than zero:
[ after noun ] more than the number or amount mentioned:
[ after noun ] used by teachers after a letter, such as B or C, to show that the standard of a piece of work is slightly higher than the stated mark:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- add (sth) up
- addition sign
- associative property
- borrow
- carry sth forward/over
- coefficient
- deduct
- distributive
- divide
- divisible
- divisor
- half
- long division
- minus
- multiplication table
- multiply
- power
- table
- times
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plus adjective (ADVANTAGE)
[ before noun ] informal used to describe an advantage or good quality that something has:
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- trouble
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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