My book writes:
Definition. A vector space $V$ is called the direct sum of $W_1$ and $W_2$ if $W_1$ and $W_2$ are subspaces of $V$ such that $W_1 \cap W_2=\{0\}$ and $W_1 + W_2 = V$. We denote that $V$ is the direct sum of $W_1$ and $W_2$ by writing $V=W_1\oplus W_2$.
I'm not sure what I should imagine $W_1 + W_2 = V$ as.
Thank you for any help !