minus
US: /ˈmaɪnəs/
UK: /mˈaɪnəs/
UK: /mˈaɪnəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
minus /'mainəs/
- danh từ
- trừ
- 7 minus 3 (equal to) 4: 4 trừ 3 còn 4
- (thông tục) thiếu, mất, không còn
- trừ
- tính từ
- trừ
- the minus sign: dấu trừ
- âm
- minus charge: (vật lý) điện tích âm
- trừ
- danh từ
- (toán học) dấu trừ
- số âm
Advanced English dictionary
preposition, noun, adjective
+ preposition
1 used when you SUBTRACT one number or thing from another one: Seven minus three is four (7 - 3 = 4). + the former Soviet Union, minus the Baltic republics and Georgia
2 used to express temperature below zero degrees: It was minus ten. + The temperature dropped to minus 28 degrees centigrade (-28?C).
3 (informal) without sth that was there before: We're going to be minus a car for a while. + The group found itself minus a bass player.
Antonym: PLUS
Idioms see PLUS prep.
+ noun
1 (also minus sign) The symbol (-), used in mathematics
2 (informal) a negative quality; a disadvantage: Let's consider the pluses and minuses of changing the system.
Antonym: PLUS
+ adjective
1 (mathematics) lower than zero: a minus figure / number
2 making sth seem negative and less attractive or good: What are the car's minus points (= the disadvantages)? + On the minus side rented property is expensive and difficult to find.
3 [not before noun] (used in a system of marks / grades) slightly lower than the mark/grade A, B, etc: I got (a) B minus (B-) in the test.
Antonym: PLUS
Concise English dictionary
minuses'maɪnəs
noun
+an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
adj.
+on the negative side or lower end of a scale
+involving disadvantage or harm
