min — meaning in English

English meaning

• minus prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
• negative adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
• nurse noun A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.

Senses

min is used for these senses in English:

• minus Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. [from 18th c.]
• minus (mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]
• nurse A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
• wet nurse A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

minus — full definition

1. prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
2. noun A drawback or disadvantage.
3. adj Negative, or below a given value.

negative — full definition

1. adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
2. adj Below zero, or showing that a test did not detect what it was checking for.
3. noun An unfavourable point, or (in photography) an image with reversed colours/tones.

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