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minusing

minusing is the present participle and gerund of minus.

Meaning of minus

Verb

minus (third-person singular simple present minuses or minusses, present participle minusing or minussing, simple past and past participle minused or minussed)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To subtract.
    • 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...

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Questions about minusing

What is minusing the present participle and gerund of?
Minusing is the present participle and gerund of minus.

Words near minusing in the dictionary

  1. minusculely
  2. minuscules
  3. minusculy
  4. minused
  5. minuses
  6. minusing
  7. Minusinsk
  8. minussed
  9. minusses
  10. minussing
  11. minutage

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