Definition of "plus" []

• Mathematics Increased by the addition of: Two plus two is four. (conjunction)
• Added to; along with: Their strength plus their spirit makes them formidable. Intelligence plus wit makes for an interesting person. (conjunction)
• Usage Problem And: "[He] is a committed man, plus he has imagination, vitality and national stature” ( Merv Griffin). (conjunction)
• Positive or on the positive part of a scale: a plus value; a temperature of plus five degrees. (adjective)
• Added or extra: a plus benefit. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "Just as an effect and an individual give rise to the idea of one thing, so the effect plus cause, and the individual _plus_ generic character, also give rise to the idea of one thing only."