Sum - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sʌm|
Brit.
|sʌm|
noun
- a quantity of money (syn: amount)
- the final aggregate (syn: summation)
- the whole amount (syn: aggregate, total, totality)
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets (syn: join, union)
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
I/you/we/they: sum
he/she/it: sums
present participle: summing
past tense: summed
past participle: summed
noun
singular: sum
plural: sums
singular: sum
plural: sums
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