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See also: +/-, [U+207A SUPERSCRIPT PLUS SIGN], 𑀓 [U+11013 BRAHMI LETTER KA], and Appendix:Variations of "t"

+ U+002B, +
PLUS SIGN
*
[U+002A]
Basic Latin ,
[U+002C]

Translingual

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Description

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Two lines crossed in the middle: one vertical line and one horizontal line.

Glyph origin

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From a ligature of Latin et (and). Compare & and of same meaning.

Symbol

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+ (English symbol name plus sign or plus)

  1. (arithmetic, algebra) Addition, additive operation.
    3 + 2 = 5
  2. (mathematics) Explicitly indicates that the next number is positive.
    +5 is different from −5
  3. (informal) "Or more"; indicates that a number is the minimum quantity or amount.
    This project is going to take 10+ years to complete. (10 or more years)
  4. (mathematics) From the positive side.
    is the same as
  5. (mathematics) A disjoint union, a coproduct.
  6. (mathematics, logic) An inclusive disjunction.
  7. (genetics) A wild type.
  8. (botany) A grafted hybrid.[1]
  9. (programming) A string concatenation in some programming languages (that might be ambiguous with an additive operation).
    "My name is " + name + ". I am " + age + " years old."
  10. (regular expressions) Detects one or more occurrences of the preceding element.
    The string ab+c matches "abc", "abbc", "abbbc", and so on, but not "ac".
  11. (chess notation) Check.
  12. A placeholder standing for the international call prefix in phone numbers.
    Sure, call me if you want. My number is +496919725.
  13. (medicine) An affirmative result from a laboratory test.
  14. (electricity) An anode.
  15. Indicating north.
  16. (music) Augmented.
  17. (Roman Catholicism) Written by a bishop before his signature.

Usage notes

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  • The + symbol is called the plus sign in English (see there for translations).

Quotations

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of addition or positiveness): - or , sometimes ÷

Derived terms

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See also

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Conjunction

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+

  1. (computing) When placed between key names, indicates that they should be pressed simultaneously.
    Press Ctrl+C to copy!
  2. (siglum, informal) and

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:+.

Adverb

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+

  1. (text messaging, slang) more

References

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  1. ^ Simpson, Niki (2010 February) “Botanical symbols: a new symbol set for new images”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society[1], volume 162, number 2, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, pages 117–129

English

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Conjunction

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+

  1. Abbreviation of and.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of and.
  2. (slang) Used to connect two elements: and, plus.
    • 2024 September 16, Mehera Bonner, “Wondering What Dan Levy Is Making for Hosting the 2024 Emmys? Here's a Deep Dive on His Net Worth!”, in Cosmopolitan[2]:
      Despite winning every award under the sun and being critically acclaimed + beloved, Schitt's Creek didn't become household-name-levels of popular until its last few seasons.

Usage notes

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  • In stenoscript, this is only used for the conjunction 'and'. The sound sequence /Vnd/ is written .

See also

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Mandarin”

Conjunction

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+

  1. (neologism, Covid-19) denotes the immigration policy where the preceding number is the number of days required for quarantine and the following number is the number of days for medical monitoring
    7+3
    (the policy of) 7 days of quarantine followed by 3 days of medical monitoring