Sum - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sʌm|  American pronunciation of the word sum
Brit.  |sʌm|  British pronunciation of the word sum

noun

- a quantity of money (syn: amount)
he borrowed a large sum
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers (syn: amount, total)
- the final aggregate (syn: summation)
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (syn: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance)
- the whole amount (syn: aggregate, total, totality)
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets (syn: join, union)

verb

- be a summary of (syn: sum up, summarize)
The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
- determine the sum of (syn: add, add up, sum up, tally, tot, total)

Extra examples

...can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator...

These ten books sum up this year's production.

In that last blow his strength must have been summed.

He owes me a large sum of money.

Bill wants to spend a large sum on modernizing the farm.

We should be happy to buy it for a modest sum.

The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper

Phrasal verbs

sum up  — give a summary (of)

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sum
he/she/it: sums
present participle: summing
past tense: summed
past participle: summed
noun
singular: sum
plural: sums
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