sum

sum¹ (s

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.]

sum

Noun

1. the result of the addition of numbers or quantities

2. one or more columns or rows of numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided

3. a quantity of money: they can win enormous sums

4. in sum as a summary; in short: in sum, it's been a bad week for the government

Adjective

complete or final: the sum total

Verb

[summing, summed]

See sum up [Latin summa the top, sum]

sum (s

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.

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Noun	1.	sum - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" amount, amount of money, sum of money 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.	sum - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers total, amount 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" sum total, summation 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" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, marrow, heart, center, centre 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.	sum - the whole amount aggregate, total, totality 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" join, union 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
Verb	1.	sum - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" summarise, summarize, sum up 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.	sum - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, add up, sum up, tally, add 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"