Meaning

2 senses
  1. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).

    Seven minus two is five.

    weniger, minus

    ми́нусmínus

  2. (informal)Without; deprived of.

    I walked out minus my coat.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. One minus one is zero.

    Один мінус один — нуль. — deniko

    ruОдин минус один равно ноль. — Ooneykcall

  2. Ten minus two is eight.

    Десять мінус два дорівнює вісім. — deniko

    ruДесять минус два равно восьми. — marafon

    deZehn minus zwei ist acht. — Espi

  3. The temperature went down to minus ten degrees centigrade last night.

    deDie Temperatur fiel letzte Nacht auf minus zehn Grad Celsius. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. It's minus six outside and the heating's on the blink.

    Надворі мінус шість, а опалення не працює. — deniko

    ruНа улице минус шесть, а отопление не работает. — marafon

  5. In the arithmetic of love, one plus one makes a whole, and two minus one equals zero.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
mathematics: less:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mathematics: less:

Origin

From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of par

From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).

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