Meanings
adverbplus or minus (not comparable)
- not comparableApproximately; more or less.
"[…] I'll be out to join you in ten minutes, plus or minus," said Sandra, smiling, as she got out.
2000, George W. Barclay, Murder on the Brazos, page 196Synonyms: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa
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plus or minus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plus%20or%20minus
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plus or minus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plus%20or%20minus.
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