minus
/ˈmʌɪnəs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmʌɪnəs/
minus
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- 2 syllables
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mi - nus -> minus
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ယုတ်လျော့သော။နုတ်ရန်ဖြစ်သော။(n) အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ။
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၁။ (mathematics ) အနုတ်။ Seven minus three equals four (7 - 3 = 4).
၂။ သုညအောက်။ a temperature of minus ten degrees centigrade (-10½ . C).
၃။ (infml ) မရှိဘဲ။ မပါဘဲ။ ကင်းမဲ့၍။ The explosion left him minus a leg. Compare PLUS
adj
၁။ (mathematics ) အနုတ်(ကိန်း)။ a minus figure/quantity (ie less than zero, eg -2x2).
၂။ သတ်မှတ်အဆင့် အောက် အနည်းငယ် လျော့ [သော]။ I got B minus (B-) in the test.
n
၁။ (also minus sign ) အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ။
၂။ (infml ) ဆိုးကျိုး။ Let's consider the pluses and minuses of buying a bigger car. Compare PLUS
More examples
- 72 minus 5 equals 67.
- The temperature fell to minus 15 degrees last night.
- Subtract ten from seven and the answer is minus three.
- [a minus quantity] : If you subtract 12 from 10, the result will be a minus quantity.
- Anthony returned to work minus his beard.
- The Dempster family arrived back in England safely but minus their luggage.
- [a minus point/factor] : One of the minus points was the risk of getting caught.
Synonyms
deficiency, defect, negative amount, lesser amount, less, not as much as, fewer, be deficient in, be short of, be without, decrease, deduction, defective, deficient, demerit, detriment, difference, diminished, disadvantage, drawback, drop, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, fall, from, handicap, have need of, hindrance, hurting for, lack, lacking, loss, negative, not got, outs, reduced by, sans, short of, smaller, subtracted, subtracting, take away, too little too late, wanting, with the exception of, with the subtraction of, without
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