minus
To subtractTo subtract.
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» One minus one is zero.
Один минус один равно ноль. — Ooneykcall
Единица минус единица равняется нулю. — Ooneykcall
Один мінус один — нуль. — deniko
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1 senses(colloquial)To subtract.
Examples
47 sentencesOne minus one is zero.
Один мінус один — нуль. — deniko
ruОдин минус один равно ноль. — Ooneykcall
Ten minus two is eight.
Десять мінус два дорівнює вісім. — deniko
ruДесять минус два равно восьми. — marafon
deZehn minus zwei ist acht. — Espi
The temperature went down to minus ten degrees centigrade last night.
deDie Temperatur fiel letzte Nacht auf minus zehn Grad Celsius. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one makes a whole, and two minus one equals zero.
Origin
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parFrom 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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Forms
minuses, minusing, minused, minusedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.