Added 8 October 2026 plus /ˈplʌs/ preposition Categories: Describing WordsActionsEveryday Words preposition ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plus at Wordnik → Where our words come from → And; sum of the previous one and the following one. Two plus two equals four. With; having in addition. I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money! conjunction And also; in addition; besides (which). Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well. noun A positive quantity. The figures show a plus. An asset or useful addition. He is a real plus to the team. A plus sign: +. adjective Being positive rather than negative or zero. −2 * −2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four") Positive, or involving advantage. He is a plus factor. Electrically positive. A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole. Related Words: additionsummationadvantageouspositiveassetnonnegativeadditionaladdalongalongsidewithaddendum Back to today's word