plus

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Preposition
• COUNT in NET: 4 in 4 verses (in OT : 4 in 4 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

plus, a. [L., more; akin to Gr. , , and E. full. See Full, a., and cf. Più, Pleonasm.].

•  More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.  [1913 Webster]

  "Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power."  [1913 Webster]

Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plus, prep., adj., n., & conj.
--prep.
1 Math. with the addition of (3 plus 4 equals 7).

Idiom

plus sign the symbol +, indicating addition or a positive value.

Usage

Symbol: +.
2 (of temperature) above zero (plus 2° C).
3 colloq. with; having gained; newly possessing (returned plus a new car).
--adj.
1 (after a number) at least (fifteen plus).
2 (after a grade etc.) rather better than (beta plus).
3 Math. positive.
4 having a positive electrical charge.
5 (attrib.) additional, extra (plus business).
--n.
1 = plus sign.
2 Math. an additional or positive quantity.
3 an advantage (experience is a definite plus).
--conj. colloq. disp. also; and furthermore (they arrived late, plus they were hungry).

Etymology

L, = more

THESAURUS

plus

above, accessory, add, added, added to, addend, addition, additional, additionally, adjoin, advantage, affix, again, agglutinate, aggrandize, all included, along with, also, altogether, among other things, ancillary, and, and all, and also, and so, annex, another, append, as well, as well as, asset, attach, attended by, au reste, augment, auxiliary, balance, beef up, benefit, beside, besides, beyond, bonus, boost, build, burden, collateral, complicate, compound, conjoin, contributory, coupled with, decorate, dividend, else, en plus, encumber, enlarge, expand, extra, farther, for lagniappe, fresh, further, furthermore, gain, glue on, gratuity, hitch on, in addition, in addition to, in conjunction with, including, inclusive of, infix, inter alia, into the bargain, item, join with, lagniappe, leftover, let alone, likewise, linked to, magnify, margin, minus, more, moreover, negative, new, not to mention, on the side, on top of, ornament, other, over, over and above, overage, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock, oversupply, paste on, plus sign, positive, postfix, pourboire, prefix, profit, put with, remainder, return, saddle with, similarly, slap on, something extra, spare, subjoin, subtotal, suffix, sum, summation, superadd, supernumerary, superpose, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, surplusage, tack on, tag, tag on, then, therewith, tip, to boot, together with, too, total, ulterior, unite with, with, yet

ROGET THESAURUS

plus

Addition

N addition, annexation, adjection, junction, superposition, superaddition, superjunction, superfetation, accession, reinforcement, increase, increment, supplement, accompaniment, interposition, insertion, added, additional, supplemental, supplementary, suppletory, subjunctive, adjectitious, adscititious, ascititious, additive, extra, accessory, au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra, and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item, and also, and eke, else, besides, to boot, et cetera, and so on, and so forth, into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover, with, withal, including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone, together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with, conjointly, jointly, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.