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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
minus
/ˈmaɪnəs/
preposition1 of 3
(prep) being less than zero in number
- “This method has its pluses and minuses.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 3
A negative quantity.
verb3 of 3
To subtract.
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)