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sum  (sm)
n.
1. Mathematics
a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
b. An arithmetic problem: a child good at sums.
2. The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience.
3. An amount of money: paid an enormous sum.
4. A summary: my view of the world, in sum.
5. The central idea or point; the gist.
tr.v. summed, sum·ming, sums
1. Mathematics To add.
2. To give a summary of; summarize.
Phrasal Verb:
sum up
1. To present the substance of (material) in a condensed form; summarize: sum up the day's news; concluded the lecture by summing up.
2. To describe or assess concisely: an epithet that sums up my feelings.

[Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, from feminine of summus, highest; see uper in Indo-European roots.]

sum1
n
1. (Mathematics)
a.  the result of the addition of numbers, quantities, objects, etc.
b.  the cardinality of the union of disjoint sets whose cardinalities are the given numbers
2. (Mathematics) one or more columns or rows of numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided
3. (Mathematics) Maths the limit of a series of sums of the first n terms of a converging infinite series as n tends to infinity
4. (Social Science / Education) (plural) another name for number work
5. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a quantity, esp of money he borrows enormous sums
6. the essence or gist of a matter (esp in the phrases in sum, in sum and substance)
7. a less common word for summary
8. Archaic the summit or maximum
9. (modifier) complete or final (esp in the phrase sum total)
vb sums, summing, summed
1. (often foll by up) to add or form a total of (something)
2. (Mathematics) (tr) to calculate the sum of (the terms in a sequence) See also sum up
[C13 summe, from Old French, from Latin summa the top, sum, from summus highest, from superus in a higher position; see super]

sum2
n pl sumy [sʊmɪ]
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Uzbekistan, divided into 100 tiyin

sum  (sm)
The result of adding numbers or quantities. The sum of 6 and 9, for example, is 15, and the sum of 4x and 5x is 9x.

Sum a quantity of money; a number of things; a host; an assembly.
Examples: sum of conceits, 1576; of facts, 1840; of gold, 1375; of happiness, 1772; of malt, 1528; of men, 1450; of misery, 1827; of silver, 1596; of soldiers, 1400; of Muscovado sugar, 1680; of tobacco, 1872; of treasure, 1300.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sum - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
gain - the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
receipts, revenue, gross - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
cash surrender value - the amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured
contribution - an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"
deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
defalcation - the sum of money that is misappropriated
red ink, red, loss - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
figure - an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
coverage, insurance coverage - the total amount and type of insurance carried
cash advance, advance - an amount paid before it is earned
paysheet, payroll - the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll"
peanuts - an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her salary is peanuts compared to his"
purse - a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
purse - a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
2.sumsum - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
grand total - the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers
subtotal - the sum of part of a group of numbers
3.sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
congeries, conglomeration, aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
4.sum - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"
hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something
stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
5.sumsum - the whole amount                    
whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
6.sum - a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
direct sum - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Verb1.sum - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
2.sumsum - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

sum
noun
1. amount, quantity, volume Large sums of money were lost.
2. calculation, figures, arithmetic, problem, numbers, reckonings, mathematics, maths (Brit. informal), tally, math (U.S. informal), arithmetical problem I can't do my sums.
3. total, aggregate, tally, entirety, sum total The sum of all the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
4. totality, whole, aggregate, entirety, beginning and end, summation The sum of evidence points to the crime resting on them.
in sum in brief, in short, in a word, in a nutshell It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
sum something or someone up size up, estimate (informal), get the measure of, form an opinion of My mother probably summed her up better than I ever could.
sum something up summarize, express concisely, express pithily, express in a word He summed his weakness up in one word: 'Disastrous.'
sum up summarize, review, recapitulate, close, conclude, put something in a nutshell When the judge summed up it was clear he wanted a guilty verdict.
Translations
sum [sʌm] N
1. (= piece of arithmetic) → suma f, adición f
I was very bad at sumsera muy malo en aritmética
to do one's sumshacer cuentas
to do sums in one's headhacer un cálculo mental
2. (= total) → suma f, total m; (= amount of money) → suma f, importe m
in sumen suma, en resumen
more/greater than the sum of its partsmás que la suma de las partes
sum totaltotal m (completo)
the sum total of my ambitions isla meta de mis ambiciones es ..., lo único que ambiciono es ...
that was the sum (total) of his achievementsy de allí no pasó
see also lump
sum up
A. VI + ADV (= summarize) → resumir; [judge] → recapitular
to sum up, I would sayen resumidas cuentas, yo diría
B. VT + ADV
1. (= summarize) [+ speech, facts, argument] → resumir
you could sum up what he said in a couple of wordsse podría resumir lo que dijo en dos palabras
to sum up an argumentresumir un argumento
2. (= encapsulate) → resumir
that picture summed up the situation for meesa fotografía resumió la situación para mí or captaba la situación en un solo trazo
3. (= assess) [+ person] → calar; [+ situation] → evaluar
they had summed him up and liked what they foundlo habían calado y les había agradado lo que descubrieron
he summed up the situation quicklyse dio cuenta rápidamente de la situación

sum [ˈsʊm] n
[money] → somme f
Large sums of money were lost → De grosses sommes d'argents furent perdues.
(= calculation) → calcul m
She's good at sums → Elle est bonne en calcul.
(= total of added numbers) → somme f
The sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees → La somme de les angles d'un triangle fait 180 degrés.
(= total) [achievements, experience, evidence] → somme f
sum up
vt sep
(= summarize) → résumer
(= size up) [+ person, situation] → cerner
virésumer

sum
n
(= total)Summe f; that was the sum (total) of his achievementsdas war alles, was er geschafft hatte; the sum total of my ambitionsdas Ziel meiner Wünsche
(of money)Betrag m, → Summe f
(esp Brit: = calculation) → Rechenaufgabe f; to do sums (in one’s head)(im Kopf) rechnen; I was bad at sumsich war schlecht im Rechnen
(form: = essence) in summit einem Wort, zusammengefasst

sum [sʌm] n (piece of arithmetic) → somma, addizione f; (amount of money) → somma
the sum of 6 and 4 is 10 → 6 più 4 fa 10
that is the sum (total) of his achievements → questo è tutto quello che ha fatto
sum up
1. vt + adv (review) → riassumere, ricapitolare; (evaluate rapidly) → valutare, giudicare
to sum up an argument → riassumere una discussione
she quickly summed him up → capì subito che tipo era
he summed up the situation quickly → valutò subito la situazione
2. vi + advriassumere
to sum up ... → per riassumere..., riassumendo...

sum [sʌm] n (piece of arithmetic) → somma, addizione f; (amount of money) → somma
the sum of 6 and 4 is 10 → 6 più 4 fa 10
that is the sum (total) of his achievements → questo è tutto quello che ha fatto
sum up
1. vt + adv (review) → riassumere, ricapitolare; (evaluate rapidly) → valutare, giudicare
to sum up an argument → riassumere una discussione
she quickly summed him up → capì subito che tipo era
he summed up the situation quickly → valutò subito la situazione
2. vi + advriassumere
to sum up ... → per riassumere..., riassumendo...

sum
n sum [sam]
1 the amount or total made by two or more things or numbers added together The sum of 12, 24, 7 and 11 is 54. som مَجموع сбор součet sum die Summe άθροισμα suma summa حاصل جمع summa somme סְכוּם योग, योगफल, जोड़ zbroj összeg jumlah summa somma 合計 함계 suma summa hasil tambah som sum suma soma sumă, total сумма; итог súčet vsota suma summa จำนวนรวม toplam 和,總數 сума; підсумок میزان tổng số, tổng
2 a quantity of money It will cost an enormous sum to repair the swimming pool. hoeveelheid كَمِّيَّه сума suma beløb die Summe χρηματικό ποσό suma (de dinero) raha(hulk) سرجمع rahamäärä somme (d'argent) סְכוּם रकम, धनराशि iznos, svota összeg banyaknya uang upphæð somma 금액 suma summa jumlah bedrag pengesum, beløp ilość pieniędzy, suma soma sumă (de bani) сумма suma znesek suma []summa จำนวนเงิน miktar 金額 сума; кількість مبلغ số tiền
3 a problem in arithmetic My children are better at sums than I am. wiskunde مَسْأَلَه حِسابِيَّه пресмятане počty regnestykke das Rechnen μαθηματικό πρόβλημα problema de aritmética, cálculo, cuentas arvutusülesanne محاسبه laskutehtävä problème d'arithmétique תַּרגִיל בְּחֶשבּוֹן गणित का प्रश्न računski zadatak, računanje számtanpélda penjumlahan reikningsdæmi; samlagningardæmi aritmetica 算数の問題 계산 aritmetika, aritmetikos skaičiavimas/uždavinys matemātikas uzdevums kira-kira som regnestykke, regning słupek aritmética problemă de aritmetică арифметическая задача počty seštevanje računski zadatak matematik[] ปัญหาทางคณิตศาสตร์ aritmetik 算術(題的)運算 арифметична задача حساب کا سوال bài toán số học
sum total
the complete or final total The sum total of the damage cannot be calculated. somtotaal مَجْموع كُلّي، حاصِل الجَمِع общ сбор celkový úhrn totalbeløb der Gesamtbetrag συνολικός suma total lõppsumma مجموع loppusumma somme totale סְכוּם כּוֹלֵל कुल योग ukupno, ukupna svota végösszeg jumlah keseluruhan heildarupphæð totale, importo 総計 총계 bendra suma kopējā summa jumlah totaal endelig sum, totalsum suma ogólna soma final sumă totală общая сумма celkový súčet, súhrn skupna vsota ukupni iznos slut-, totalsumma การคำนวณทางคณิตศาสตร์ genel toplam 總和 загальна сума کل میزان toàn bộ
v sum up
to give the main or important points of He summed up the various proposals. opsom يُلَخِّص обобщавам shrnout opsummere zusammenzählen συνοψίζω resumir kokkuvõtet tegema جمع بندي كردن tehdä yhteenveto résumer לְסַכֵּם समझना, समझ लेना ukratko izložiti, rezimirati összegez menyimpulkan taka saman riassumere 要約する 요약하다 apibendrinti summēt; apkopot membuat rumusan samenvatten oppsummere zreasumować, podsumować resumir a rezuma подводить итог zhrnúť povzeti sumirati summera, sammanfatta สรุป özetlemek 總結(一下) підсумовувати, підбивати підсумки حاصل ہونا tóm tắt, tổng kết

sum خلاصة součet sum Summe άθροισμα suma summa somme zbroj somma 合計 합계 som sum suma soma сумма summa ผลรวม toplam tổng số 总和


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