Meaning & use

minus

preposition·Everyday

Reduced by the subtraction of; used to indicate that one quantity is taken away from another.

See it in a sentence

Ten minus three leaves seven.

The final price, minus the discount, came to just twenty dollars.

A note on using this word

Minus also works informally as an adjective meaning lacking something, as in 'the team played minus its captain.'

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Another way to use it

2. adjective

Lacking or without a particular thing.

He arrived at the meeting minus the report he was supposed to present.

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