Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plus or minus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
plus or mi-nus
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Approximately; more or less.

Example Sentences

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

-ish about all but almost approaching around by and large circa close close to essentially for all practical purposes

Questions

What does plus or minus mean?
Approximately; more or less.

How to pronounce plus or minus

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