Explore Minus through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like negative or plus. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Minus meaning
- Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
- Without; deprived of.
Synonyms of Minus
Using Minus
- The main meaning on this page is: Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). | Without; deprived of.
- Useful related words include: negative, plus, disadvantageous, harmful.
- In the example corpus, minus often appears in combinations such as: minus degrees, minus the, and minus.
Context around Minus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Minus
- In this selection, "minus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chill, high, plus, two, 14c and 21f stand out and add context to how "minus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include high minus 1 wind and morning and minus 3 in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "minus" sits close to words such as alexandria, bug and burnt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with minus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In other parts, temperatures were as low as minus 10C and nearly minus 9C. (14 words)
Temperature steady near minus 6. Wind chill minus 5 this evening and minus 10 overnight. (15 words)
High minus 6. Wind chill minus 24 in the morning and minus 9 in the afternoon. (16 words)
SWS used in-person interviews and had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.5 percent for the national percentages, plus-or-minus 4.0 percent for Luzon outside of Metro Manila, and plus-or-minus 5.7 percent for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. (48 words)
Basically, Predictive Plus-Minus is a version of Advanced Plus-Minus in which scores are reverted toward a mean, where the mean depends on both the methodological quality of the pollster and the recency of its polls. (37 words)
All-Star David Pastrnak managed no shots on Monday and his minus-4 is the lowest plus-minus of his career; Brad Marchand is minus-3, the lowest since he became a full-time NHLer. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Drass town in Ladakh region had minus 5.1, Kargil minus 1 and Leh minus 3.2 as the minimum temperature.
High minus 6. Wind chill minus 24 in the morning and minus 9 in the afternoon.
Most of the state falls into zones 6a (minus 10 F to minus 5 F) and 6b (minus 5 F to zero F).
Temperature steady near minus 6. Wind chill minus 5 this evening and minus 10 overnight.
All-Star David Pastrnak managed no shots on Monday and his minus-4 is the lowest plus-minus of his career; Brad Marchand is minus-3, the lowest since he became a full-time NHLer.
High minus 17. Wind chill minus 33 in the morning and minus 22 in the afternoon.
High minus 1. Wind chill minus 13 in the morning and minus 3 in the afternoon.
High minus 1. Wind chill minus 24 in the morning and minus 3 in the afternoon.
High minus 2. Wind chill minus 25 in the morning and minus 5 in the afternoon.
SWS used in-person interviews and had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.5 percent for the national percentages, plus-or-minus 4.0 percent for Luzon outside of Metro Manila, and plus-or-minus 5.7 percent for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
Analysts think the ECB will at least cut the rate on deposits that it takes from commercial banks from a current minus 0.4% to minus 0.5% or even minus 0.6%.
By nightfall the mercury was hovering at 0F in Chicago, 7F (minus 14C) in Detroit and minus 21f (minus 29C) in Minneapolis.
At present, Germany fares worse in this scenario as they have minus five points—after defender Jerome Boateng’s red card today—while Mexico and Sweden have minus two points and minus three points respectively.
According to Statcast, Anderson has prevented minus two runs on the season and has minus three above-average outs.
A ‘feels like’ temperature is minus 4C is forecast for 8am, with it feeling like minus 2C until 10am.
Alarms were set to go off when the temperature in the freezer reached minus 108.4 degrees Fahrenheit and minus 115.6 degrees Fahrenheit, the Times Union reported.
Basically, Predictive Plus-Minus is a version of Advanced Plus-Minus in which scores are reverted toward a mean, where the mean depends on both the methodological quality of the pollster and the recency of its polls.
Clear and cold with a low of minus 12. A northeast wind at 20 km/h near midnight will bring a wind chill of minus 20 overnight.
In other parts, temperatures were as low as minus 10C and nearly minus 9C.
The composite index fell to minus 11 in January, significantly worse than the minus 3 consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Econoday.
Common combinations with minus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- minus degrees 32×
- minus the 27×
- and minus 19×
- to minus 18×
- minus in 17×
- or minus 11×
- of minus 10×
- as minus 10×
- minus to 9×
- the minus 9×