Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to minus
Participle: minused
Gerund: minusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | minus |
| you | minus |
| he;she;it | minuses |
| we | minus |
| you | minus |
| they | minus |
Perfect
| I | have minused |
| you | have minused |
| he;she;it | has minused |
| we | have minused |
| you | have minused |
| they | have minused |
Past
| I | minused |
| you | minused |
| he;she;it | minused |
| we | minused |
| you | minused |
| they | minused |
Pluperfect
| I | had minused |
| you | had minused |
| he;she;it | had minused |
| we | had minused |
| you | had minused |
| they | had minused |
Future
| I | will minus |
| you | will minus |
| he;she;it | will minus |
| we | will minus |
| you | will minus |
| they | will minus |
Future Perfect
| I | will have minused |
| you | will have minused |
| he;she;it | will have minused |
| we | will have minused |
| you | will have minused |
| they | will have minused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | minus |
| you | minus |
| he;she;it | minus |
| we | minus |
| you | minus |
| they | minus |
Perfect
| I | have minused |
| you | have minused |
| he;she;it | have minused |
| we | have minused |
| you | have minused |
| they | have minused |
Imperfect
| I | minused |
| you | minused |
| he;she;it | minused |
| we | minused |
| you | minused |
| they | minused |
Pluperfect
| I | had minused |
| you | had minused |
| he;she;it | had minused |
| we | had minused |
| you | had minused |
| they | had minused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would minus |
| you | would minus |
| he;she;it | would minus |
| we | would minus |
| you | would minus |
| they | would minus |
Perfect
| I | would have minused |
| you | would have minused |
| he;she;it | would have minused |
| we | would have minused |
| you | would have minused |
| they | would have minused |
Imperative
| you | minus |
| we | Let's minus |
| you | minus |
Verbs conjugated like 'minus'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'minus'
bonus,
menuse,
miaul,
min,
mince,
mind,
minde,
mine,
minge,
minish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).
Sample Sentences
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For example, in solving the following equation, x + 4 = 9, the child using the negating mechanism will reason, "minussing 4" undoes "plussing 4" therefore, if x + 4 = 9 then x = 5 and will not see any point in using any intermediate steps. [1981 March, Kevin F[rancis] Collis, Cognitive Development, Mathematics Learning, Information Processing and a Refocusing, Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 9:]
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(The terms positive and negative feedback are now part of everyday language where the meanings are reversed: in cybernetic systems, positive feedback is undesirable for it indicates that the discrepancy is “plussing,” rather than “minussing” to zero.) [1990, William T. Scott, “Systems and structures”, in The Possibility of Communication (Approaches to Semiotics; 87), Berlin; New York, N.Y.: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 38:]
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Four plus one is 5 and you go down because it's minusing, […] [2011, Laura Christine Bofferding, Expanding the Numerical Central Conceptual Structure:]
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“But you also minussed! … Sam… Sam also minussed seventy-two but he also… one hundred forty-four minus seventy-two equals seventy-two. He also minussed the seventy-two.” [2012, Jennifer S. Thom, “Opening Mathematical Spaces of Their Own”, in Re-Rooting the Learning Space: Minding Where Children’s Mathematics Grow (New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education; 21), Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, →ISBN, page 299:]