Definitions for minus

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minus mi·nus

Spelling: [mahy-nuh s]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ nəs/

Minus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in minus (imnsu).

Definitions for minus

noun

1. minus sign.
2. a minus quantity.
3. a deficiency or loss.
4. Informal. a person or thing with no apparent abilities, usefulness, etc.:

adjective

1. involving or noting subtraction.
2. algebraically negative:
3. less than; just below in quality:
4. Informal. having negative qualities or characteristics; inferior.
5. Mycology. (in heterothallic fungi) designating, in the absence of morphological differentiation, one of the two strains of mycelia that unite in the sexual process.

preposition

1. less by the subtraction of; decreased by:
2. lacking or without:

Origin of minus

1300-50; Middle English Latin, neuter of minor less; see minor

Examples for minus

In person, Messina is a bit like Danny, minus the curmudgeon qualities.

Normally, 434 members (minus Michael Grimm who resigned) would vote for Speaker.

Temperature: minus two hundred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit.

It is also called a "minus" glass, while the magnifying glass is called a "plus" glass.

O'Mally handed him the exact amount, minus the lira for the button.

In 1783 he died the death of Diogenes, minus the wit of the cynic.

After all, 2009 was miserable: minus 798,000, minus 701,000, minus 826,000, and so on.

The "a" was misplaced, the "W" minus its lower right-hand corner.

She reads aloud: “You plus me (minus Julie) equals true love!”

Strategy decisions are made by the Skip but everyone weighs in, creating a kaffeeklatsch on the sheet (minus the coffee).