# +

| + | U+002B, &#43; PLUS SIGN |
| ← * [U+002A] | Basic Latin | , → [U+002C] |
| ⁺ | U+207A, &#8314; SUPERSCRIPT PLUS SIGN |
| ← ⁹ [U+2079] | Superscripts and Subscripts | ⁻ → [U+207B] |
| ₊ | U+208A, &#8330; SUBSCRIPT PLUS SIGN |
| ← ₉ [U+2089] | Superscripts and Subscripts | ₋ → [U+208B] |
| Text style | Emoji style |
| ➕︎ | ➕️ |
| Text style is forced with ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. ||
| ➕ U+2795, &#10133; HEAVY PLUS SIGN ← ➔ [U+2794] Dingbats ➖ → [U+2796] ||
| ﹢ | U+FE62, &#65122; SMALL PLUS SIGN |
| ← ﹡ [U+FE61] | Small Form Variants | ﹣ → [U+FE63] |
| ＋ | U+FF0B, &#65291; FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN |
| ← ＊ [U+FF0A] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | ， → [U+FF0C] |

## Translingual
### Description

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

### Glyph origin

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

### Symbol

+ (English symbol name plus sign or plus)
* (arithmetic, algebra) Addition, additive operation.
    3 + 2 = 5
* (mathematics) Explicitly indicates that the next number is positive.
    +5 is different from −5
* (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)
* (mathematics) From the positive side.
    $\lim _{x\to a^{+}}f(x)$ is the same as $\lim _{x\downarrow a}\,f(x)$
* (mathematics) A disjoint union, a coproduct.
* (mathematics, logic) An inclusive disjunction.
* (genetics) A wild type.
* (botany) A grafted hybrid.
* (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."
* (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".
* (chess notation) Check.
* A placeholder standing for the international call prefix in phone numbers.
    Sure, call me if you want. My number is +496919725.
* (medicine) An affirmative result from a laboratory test.
* (electricity) An anode.
* Indicating north.
* (music) Augmented.
* (Roman Catholicism) Written by a bishop before his signature.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:+.

#### Synonyms

* (symbol for and): &, ⁊

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “addition or positiveness”): - or −, sometimes ÷

#### Derived terms

* A+, B+, O+, AB+, Rh+
* A+, B+, C+, D+
* +ve
* +1

#### See also

* plus sign
* (chess): ++
* 十

### Conjunction

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:+.

### Adverb

* (text messaging, slang) more

### References

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

## English
### Conjunction

* Abbreviation of and.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
** (stenoscript) Abbreviation of and.
* (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: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

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

### See also

* A+
* A++

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

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

### Conjunction

* (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