- used when the two numbers or amounts mentioned are being added together
- Two plus five is seven.
- The cost is £22, plus £1 for postage.
- Membership is 350 dollars per year plus tax.
- as well as something/somebody; and also
- We have to fit five of us plus all our gear in the car.
opposite minus
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘more’.
Idioms
See plus in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee plus in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishplus or minus
- used when the number mentioned may actually be more or less by a particular amount
- The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.
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