Standard Lemma guide

plus

adj · conj · name · noun · prep · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplʌs/
  • California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Connecticut Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈplɜs/ Southern US, fronting
  • [ˈplɘ̞s] Southern US, fronting
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈplɐs/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈpläs]
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /ˈplʊs/ without the foot-strut split
  • rhymes with -ʌs
  • CMU ARPABET: P L AH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being positive rather than negative or zero.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • −2 * −2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Positive, or involving advantage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He is a plus factor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Electrically positive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

(Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable, postpositional

Examples

  • The bus can fit 60 plus kids, but we only get 48.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

And more.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

conj

Meaning 6

And also; in addition; besides (which).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of PLUS Expressways (North-South Highway Project Company), a Malaysian business that operates tolls in several expressways along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

Synonym of North-South Expressway, a network of tolled highways controlled by PLUS Expressways

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Malaysia, colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: North-South Expressway, PLUS Highway, PLUS Expressway

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A positive quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An asset or useful addition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is a real plus to the team.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A plus sign: +.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Abbreviation of LGBT+

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

prep

Meaning 13

And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Two plus two equals four.
  • A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

prep

Meaning 14

With; having in addition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To add; to subject to addition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To increase in magnitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To improve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To sell additional related items with an original purchase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: sales

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To give a mark of approval on Google+.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Qualifier: social media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: homeopathy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To increase a correction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

adjective

Meaning 24

on the positive side or higher end of a scale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a plus value
  • temperature of plus 5 degrees
  • a grade of C plus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: minus

25

adjective satellite

Meaning 25

involving advantage or good

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a plus (or positive) factor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: positive

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the summation of four and three gives seven
  • four plus three equals seven

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: summation, addition

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arithmetic operation

27

noun

Meaning 27

a useful or valuable quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asset

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: resource, advantage, vantage, forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength

History

Etymology

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”).

Borrowed from Malay Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (“North-South Highway Project Company”), PLUS Expressway's original name in Malay.

Across languages

Translations

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: положителен (položitelen) — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Catalan: més — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Catalan: positiu — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Dutch: positief — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Finnish: plus — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Finnish: positiivinen — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • French: plus — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • German: positiv — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Hungarian: plusz — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Icelandic: jákvæður — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Icelandic: pósitífur — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Icelandic: stærri en núll — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Icelandic: stærra en núll — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Italian: positivo — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Italian: positiva — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Portuguese: positivo — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Russian: плюс (pljus) — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Spanish: positivo — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Swedish: plus — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Turkish: artı — being positive rather than negative or zero
  • Bulgarian: допълнителен (dopǎlnitelen) — positive, involving advantage
  • Catalan: positiu — positive, involving advantage
  • Dutch: positief — positive, involving advantage
  • Finnish: positiivinen — positive, involving advantage
  • Finnish: hyvä — positive, involving advantage
  • Finnish: myönteinen — positive, involving advantage
  • French: positif — positive, involving advantage
  • French: positive — positive, involving advantage
  • Hungarian: pozitív — positive, involving advantage
  • Hungarian: előnyös — positive, involving advantage
  • Hungarian: kedvező — positive, involving advantage
  • Portuguese: positivo — positive, involving advantage
  • Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — positive, involving advantage
  • Spanish: positivo — positive, involving advantage
  • Swedish: extra — positive, involving advantage
  • Swedish: plus — positive, involving advantage
  • Swedish: överskjutande — positive, involving advantage
  • Bulgarian: положителен (položitelen) — physics: electrically positive
  • Catalan: positiu — physics: electrically positive
  • Dutch: positief — physics: electrically positive
  • Dutch: plus — physics: electrically positive
  • French: positif — physics: electrically positive
  • Hungarian: pozitív — physics: electrically positive
  • Icelandic: jákvæður — physics: electrically positive
  • Icelandic: pósitífur — physics: electrically positive
  • Icelandic: með jákvæða hleðslu — physics: electrically positive
  • Portuguese: positivo — physics: electrically positive
  • Portuguese: positiva — physics: electrically positive
  • Romanian: pozitiv — physics: electrically positive
  • Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — physics: electrically positive
  • Spanish: positivo — physics: electrically positive
  • Swedish: plus — physics: electrically positive
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — or more; upwards
  • Galician: ben — or more; upwards
  • Hungarian: több mint... — or more; upwards
  • Hungarian: -egynéhány — or more; upwards
  • Hungarian: -valamennyi — or more; upwards
  • Japanese: 以上 (ijō) — or more; upwards
  • Māori: ngahoro — or more; upwards
  • Spanish: y de plus — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Spanish: y además — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Spanish: y encima — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Spanish: y a más — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Spanish: y de más a más — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Spanish: y como plus — And also; in addition; besides (which).
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — positive quantity
  • Dutch: plus — positive quantity
  • French: plus — positive quantity
  • Hungarian: plusz — positive quantity
  • Hungarian: pozitív — positive quantity
  • Icelandic: plús — positive quantity
  • Swedish: plus — positive quantity
  • Swedish: positivt tal — positive quantity
  • Bulgarian: допълнение (dopǎlnenie) — useful addition
  • Dutch: meerwaarde — useful addition
  • Dutch: m — useful addition
  • Finnish: etu — useful addition
  • Finnish: plussa — useful addition
  • French: plus — useful addition
  • Hungarian: előny — useful addition
  • Hungarian: többlet — useful addition
  • Hungarian: nyereség — useful addition
  • Icelandic: viðbót — useful addition
  • Icelandic: viðauki — useful addition
  • Icelandic: kostur — useful addition
  • Italian: aggiunta utile — useful addition
  • Polish: plus — useful addition
  • Russian: плюс (pljus) — useful addition
  • Spanish: plus — useful addition
  • Spanish: punto a favor — useful addition
  • Swedish: plus — useful addition
  • Swedish: tillgång — useful addition
  • Swedish: tillskott — useful addition
  • Swedish: fördel — useful addition
  • Southern Altai: плюс (plyus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Arabic: زَائِد (zāʔid) — arithmetic: sum
  • Armenian: գումարած (gumarac) — arithmetic: sum
  • Basque: gehi — arithmetic: sum
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Catalan: més — arithmetic: sum
  • Cebuano: dugang — arithmetic: sum
  • Cebuano: puno — arithmetic: sum
  • Cebuano: imas — arithmetic: sum
  • Chinese Cantonese: 加 (gaa1) — arithmetic: sum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加 (jiā) — arithmetic: sum
  • Czech: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Danish: og — arithmetic: sum
  • Danish: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Dutch: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Dutch: en — arithmetic: sum
  • Esperanto: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Finnish: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Finnish: ynnä — arithmetic: sum
  • French: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Galician: máis — arithmetic: sum
  • German: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Greek: συν (syn) — arithmetic: sum
  • Gujarati: વત્તા (vattā) — arithmetic: sum
  • Hebrew: פלוס (plus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Hebrew: ועוד (ve'od) — arithmetic: sum
  • Hungarian: meg — arithmetic: sum
  • Hungarian: plusz — arithmetic: sum
  • Irish: móide — arithmetic: sum
  • Italian: più — arithmetic: sum
  • Japanese: 足す (tasu) — arithmetic: sum
  • Japanese: プラス (purasu) — arithmetic: sum
  • Khmer: បូក (bouk) — arithmetic: sum
  • Korean: 더하기 (deohagi) — arithmetic: sum
  • Latvian: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Macedonian: плус (plus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Ndom: abo — arithmetic: sum
  • Norwegian: og — arithmetic: sum
  • Norwegian: pluss — arithmetic: sum
  • Persian: به علاوه (be 'alâve-ye) — arithmetic: sum
  • Polish: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Polish: dodać — arithmetic: sum
  • Portuguese: mais — arithmetic: sum
  • Romanian: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Russian: плюс (pljus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Serbo-Croatian: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Spanish: más — arithmetic: sum
  • Swedish: och — arithmetic: sum
  • Swedish: plus — arithmetic: sum
  • Tagalog: dagdag — arithmetic: sum
  • Thai: บวก (bùuak) — arithmetic: sum
  • Turkish: artı — arithmetic: sum
  • Ukrainian: плюс (pljus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Vietnamese: cộng — arithmetic: sum
  • Yiddish: פּלוס (plus) — arithmetic: sum
  • Arabic: بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى (bi-l-ʔiḍāfa ʔilā) — in addition to
  • Bulgarian: плюс (pljus) — in addition to
  • Chinese Cantonese: 此外 (ci2 ngoi6) — in addition to
  • Danish: og — in addition to
  • Danish: plus — in addition to
  • Dutch: plus — in addition to
  • Finnish: ja — in addition to
  • Finnish: ja lisäksi — in addition to
  • Finnish: sekä — in addition to
  • French: plus — in addition to
  • Hungarian: plusz — in addition to
  • Icelandic: auk — in addition to
  • Icelandic: og — in addition to
  • Portuguese: mais — in addition to
  • Russian: плюс (pljus) — in addition to
  • Spanish: más — in addition to
  • Swedish: och — in addition to
  • Swedish: plus — in addition to
  • Turkish: artı — in addition to
  • Turkish: ayrıca — in addition to