Plus Meaning
/ˈplʌs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
prepAnd; sum of the previous one and the following one.
prepWith; having in addition.
Sentence Examples
You will be paid a stable base salary plus commissions on sale.
The sum of two plus three plus four is nine.
Knowledge of French is a plus in her job.
CEFR Practice Quiz
When you add the numbers together, two ____ three equals five.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new apartment had a large balcony, which was a definite ____ given the city views.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs Proto-Italic *plēōs Old Latin plousder. Latin plūsbor. English plus Borrowed from Latin plūs (“more”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But the pluses far outweigh the criticisms."
— 2023 April 19, Pip Dunn, “Jack of all trades... and master of most”, in RAIL, number 981, page 57:
"Look at Trife. He's got two felonies. That means he's finished in society. But he can rap. His two felonies, in rap, man, that's a plus."
— 2000 July 6, N. R. Kleinfield, quoting Dog, “Guarding the Borders Of the Hip-Hop Nation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2023:
"When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification."
— 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021:
"Have you been to Brazil, Bhutan, or Botswana? Well, I haven't and I'm reday ^([sic]) to go ― almost anywhere interesting actually. Warm, wise world traveler seeks equally exciting, self-sufficient soul for adventures plus."
— 1985 August 10, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 13:
"For him y is a unique number, like 7, but for the time being unknown — if one does the operation of 'plussing 4' one still has, as a result, a unique number even though one does not yet know what it is."
— 1973, Australian Council for Educational Research, ACER research series - Issues 93-95, page 39:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
When you add the numbers together, two ____ three equals five.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new apartment had a large balcony, which was a definite ____ given the city views.