# plus

plus is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
 plus

Plus is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

## Preposition

 Preposition plus
1. You use plus when you add numbers.
Two plus two is four. $(2 + 2 = 4)$
The TV is \$299 plus tax.
The margin of error is plus or minus one per cent.
2. and also
The farm has over 5,000 horses, plus a few cats and dogs.
3. You use plus after a number to mean "more than" or "over".
The country has a population of 3 million plus.
He got a B+ on his test.

## Noun

 Singular plus
1. (countable) A plus is a good thing.
I know you don't like it, but there are big pluses about living here.
On the plus side though, it is small and easy to use.
2. (countable) A plus is a plus sign: $+$
You don't have to write the plus in front of positive numbers, but always write the minus in front of negative numbers.

## Coordinator

 Coordinator plus
1. used before the last item in a list
I like singing, reading, and tennis plus playing soccer.
2. used to show what happened after something else
The alarm went off plus I woke up.