sum (s m)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 Phrasal Verb: 1. Mathematics To add. 2. To give a summary of; summarize. 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 (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.
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| Noun | 1. | 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 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 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 numbersquantity - 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | sum - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" |
| 2. |  sum - 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!" |
sum
noun 2. calculation, figures, arithmetic, problem, numbers, reckonings, mathematics, maths Brit. (informal) tally, math U.S. (informal) arithmetical problem
Translations
sum [sʌm] n → somme f;
(Scol etc) → calcul m
sum up vt → résumer (= evaluate rapidly); récapituler
vi → résumer
sum [sʌm] n (calculation) → Rechenaufgabe f;
sum up sum vt → zusammenfassen;
(evaluate rapidly) → einschätzen
vi → zusammenfassen
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 합계, 총계 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 和，总数
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 額 금액, 액수 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 金额
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 산수 문제 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 算术（题的）运算
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, 합계 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 总和
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 总结（一下）
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