Plus or minus
Plus or minus adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Usage example: I have plus or minus five dollars in change
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Synonyms for Plus or minus
Roughly and plus or minus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roughly" instead an adverb phrase "Plus or minus".
Roughly
Roughly adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Usage example: roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith
Plus or minus and roughly are semantically related. You can use "Plus or minus" instead an adverb "Roughly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- much and plus or minus
- much and roughly
- nearly and plus or minus
- nearly and roughly
- almost and plus or minus
- almost and roughly
- practically and plus or minus
- practically and roughly
- about and plus or minus
- about and roughly
- say and plus or minus
- say and roughly
- near and plus or minus
- near and roughly
Both terms in one sentence
- Time Abyss: Harry meets Uriel at the end of the book, who has been around since before the Universe existed (roughly speaking that is 13.798 billion years plus or minus 37 million years), before even Time existed.
Source: Literature / Ghost Story
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