Dictionary Entry
plus
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/plʌs/Word FrequencyCommon (5.82)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A positive quantity.
In a Sentence
“Students can use plus to explain A positive quantity..”
Published Usage Examples
“Miami want ad: 'Terrorist experience a plus' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Miami want ad: \'Terrorist experience a plus\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Convicted Cuban American terrorists living freely in Miami as freedom fighters while the U.S. government looks on. '”
“That is, a non-mammalian is a fertilized egg _plus_ its parental (or extra-parental) environment; but a mammalian individual is a fertilized egg, _plus its intra-maternal environment_, plus its non-parental environment.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
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