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sum ¹  (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.

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

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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]

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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.

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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.

Thesaurus

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"

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sum

noun 1. amount, quantity, volume

noun 2. calculation, figures, arithmetic, problem, numbers, reckonings, mathematics, maths Brit. (informal) tally, math U.S. (informal) arithmetical problem

noun 3. total, aggregate, entirety, sum total

noun 4. totality, whole

sum something or someone up size up, estimate (informal) get the measure of, form an opinion of

Translations

sum [sʌm] n → suma (= total); total m

sum up vt → resumir (= evaluate rapidly); evaluar

vi → hacer un resumen

sum [sʌm] n → somme f;

(Scol etc) → calcul m

sum up vt → résumer (= evaluate rapidly); récapituler

vi → résumer

sum [sʌm] n (calculation) → Rechenaufgabe f;

(amount) → Summe f, Betrag m

sum up sum vt → zusammenfassen;

(evaluate rapidly) → einschätzen

vi → zusammenfassen

sum [sʌm] n → somma;

(SCOL etc) → addizione f

sum up vt → riassumere (= evaluate rapidly); valutare, giudicare

vi → riassumere

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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.somمَجموعсборsoučetsumdie Summeάθροισμαsumasummaحاصل جمعsummasommeסְכוּםयोग, योगफल, जोड़zbrojösszegjumlahsummasomma合計합계, 총계sumasummahasil tambahsomsumsumasomasumă, totalсумма; итогsúčetvsotasumasummaจำนวนรวมtoplam和，總數сума; підсумокمیزانtổng số, tổng和，总数

2 a quantity of money It will cost an enormous sum to repair the swimming pool.hoeveelheidكَمِّيَّهсумаsumabeløbdie Summeχρηματικό ποσόsuma (de dinero)raha(hulk)سرجمعrahamääräsomme (d'argent)סְכוּםरकम, धनराशिiznos, svotaösszegbanyaknya uangupphæðsomma額금액, 액수sumasummajumlahbedragpengesum, beløpilość pieniędzy, sumasomasumă (de bani)суммаsumazneseksuma[]summaจำนวนเงินmiktar金額сума; кількістьمبلغsố tiền金额

3 a problem in arithmetic My children are better at sums than I am.wiskundeمَسْأَلَه حِسابِيَّهпресмятанеpočtyregnestykkedas Rechnenμαθηματικό πρόβλημαproblema de aritmética, cálculo, cuentasarvutusülesanneمحاسبهlaskutehtäväproblème d'arithmétiqueתַּרגִיל בְּחֶשבּוֹןगणित का प्रश्नračunski zadatak, računanjeszámtanpéldapenjumlahanreikningsdæmi; samlagningardæmiaritmetica算数の問題산수 문제aritmetika, aritmetikos skaičiavimas/uždavinysmatemātikas uzdevumskira-kirasomregnestykke, regningsłupekaritméticaproblemă de aritmeticăарифметическая задачаpočtyseštevanjeračunski zadatakmatematik[]ปัญหาทางคณิตศาสตร์aritmetik算術(題的)運算арифметична задачаحساب کا سوالbài 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.somtotaalمَجْموع كُلّي، حاصِل الجَمِعобщ сборcelkový úhrntotalbeløbder Gesamtbetragσυνολικόςsuma totallõppsummaمجموعloppusummasomme totaleסְכוּם כּוֹלֵלकुल योगukupno, ukupna svotavégösszegjumlah keseluruhanheildarupphæðtotale, importo総計총계, 합계bendra sumakopējā summajumlahtotaalendelig sum, totalsumsuma ogólnasoma finalsumă totalăобщая суммаcelkový súčet, súhrnskupna vsotaukupni iznosslut-, totalsummaการคำนวณทางคณิตศาสตร์genel toplam總和загальна сумаکل میزانtoàn bộ总和

v sum up

to give the main or important points of He summed up the various proposals.opsomيُلَخِّصобобщавамshrnoutopsummerezusammenzählenσυνοψίζωresumirkokkuvõtet tegemaجمع بندي كردنtehdä yhteenvetorésumerלְסַכֵּםसमझना, समझ लेनाukratko izložiti, rezimiratiösszegezmenyimpulkantaka samanriassumere要約する요약하다apibendrintisummēt; apkopotmembuat rumusansamenvattenoppsummerezreasumować, podsumowaćresumira rezumaподводить итогzhrnúťpovzetisumiratisummera, sammanfattaสรุปözetlemek總結(一下)підсумовувати, підбивати підсумкиحاصل ہوناtóm tắt, tổng kết总结（一下）