plus sign

noun

: a sign + denoting addition or a positive quantity

Examples of plus sign in a Sentence

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Just tap the three-line menu icon in the top-left corner of the app screen, then the plus sign, and select Add Device. Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 Clemly and other students then returned to campus and saw the women's restroom sign taped over the all-gender bathrooms, plus signs on individual stalls. Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026 Find the Albums tab in your Photos app, tap Shared, then tap the plus sign (+). Cody Godwin, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026 Clicking on the icon (a head-and-shoulders figure with a plus sign) that appears next to agenda links. Staff Reports, States Newsroom, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plus sign

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plus sign was in 1820

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“Plus sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plus%20sign. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

Kids Definition

plus sign

noun
: a sign + used especially in mathematics to indicate addition (as in 8 + 6 = 14) or a positive quantity (as in +10°)

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