Minus — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

on the negative side or lower end of a scale

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈaɪnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈaɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈaɪnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈaɪnəs/.

Examples

the subtraction of three from four leaves one
four minus three equals one
minus 5 degrees

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

negative subtraction

Antonyms

plus

Parts of Speech

noun	an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated “the subtraction of three from four leaves one”
adjective	on the negative side or lower end of a scale “minus 5 degrees”
adjective	involving disadvantage or harm “minus (or negative) factors”

Word Forms

subtract

verb

make a subtraction

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

moins

une opération arithmétique dans laquelle la différence entre deux nombres est calculée

🇪🇸Spanish

menos

una operación aritmética en la que se calcula la diferencia entre dos números

🇮🇹Italian

meno

un'operazione aritmetica in cui viene calcolata la differenza tra due numeri

🇵🇹Portuguese

menos

uma operação aritmética em que a diferença entre dois números é calculada

🇷🇺Russian

минус

арифметическая операция, при которой вычисляется разница между двумя числами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ऋण

एक अंकगणितीय ऑपरेशन जिसमें दो संख्याओं के बीच अंतर की गणना की जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

বিয়োগ

একটি পাটিগণিত অপারেশন যেখানে দুটি সংখ্যার মধ্যে পার্থক্য গণনা করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

கழித்தல்

இரண்டு எண்களுக்கு இடையே உள்ள வித்தியாசம் கணக்கிடப்படும் ஒரு எண்கணித செயல்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

మైనస్

రెండు సంఖ్యల మధ్య వ్యత్యాసాన్ని లెక్కించే అంకగణిత చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

वजा

एक अंकगणित ऑपरेशन ज्यामध्ये दोन संख्यांमधील फरक मोजला जातो

🇮🇳Gujarati

માઈનસ

એક અંકગણિત કામગીરી જેમાં બે સંખ્યાઓ વચ્ચેના તફાવતની ગણતરી કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೈನಸ್

ಎರಡು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಲೆಕ್ಕಹಾಕುವ ಅಂಕಗಣಿತದ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൈനസ്

രണ്ട് സംഖ്യകൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള വ്യത്യാസം കണക്കാക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഗണിത പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘਟਾਓ

ਇੱਕ ਗਣਿਤ ਦੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਸੰਖਿਆਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਤਰ ਦੀ ਗਣਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

مائنس

ایک ریاضی کا عمل جس میں دو نمبروں کے درمیان فرق کا حساب لگایا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

减

计算两个数字之间的差的算术运算

🇯🇵Japanese

マイナス

2 つの数値の差を計算する算術演算

🇰🇷Korean

마이너스

두 숫자의 차이를 계산하는 산술 연산

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trừ đi

một phép toán số học trong đó tính hiệu giữa hai số

🇹🇭Thai

ลบ

การดำเนินการทางคณิตศาสตร์ที่มีการคำนวณความแตกต่างระหว่างตัวเลขสองตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

dikurangi

operasi aritmatika yang menghitung selisih antara dua bilangan

🇲🇾Malay

tolak

operasi aritmetik di mana perbezaan antara dua nombor dikira

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ناقص

عملية حسابية يتم فيها حساب الفرق بين رقمين

🇮🇷Persian

منهای

یک عملیات حسابی که در آن اختلاف بین دو عدد محاسبه می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

eksi

iki sayı arasındaki farkın hesaplandığı bir aritmetik işlem

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִינוּס

פעולה אריתמטית שבה מחושב ההפרש בין שני מספרים

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