sum

Plural: sums, sumy

Noun

• a quantity of money
  • "he borrowed a large sum"
• a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
• the final aggregate
  • "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
• the whole amount
• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
• A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
• A quantity of money.
• A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
• A central idea or point; gist.
• The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
• An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
• The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
• The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
• A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.

Verb

Verb Forms: summed, summing, sums

• To add numbers together to find a total.
• be a summary of
  • "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
• determine the sum of
• To add together.
• To give a summary of.

Examples

• I had to quickly SUM up my potential scores before committing to a word.
• The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
• This is the sum and substance of his objections.
• This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
• We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.

Synonyms

add, add together, add up, aggregate, amount, amount of money, center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, join, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum of money, sum total, sum up, summarise, summarize, summate, summation, tally, tot, tot up, total, totality, tote up, union, abridgment, abstract, apex, apogee, bottom line, bowels, brass tacks, calculation, cast, compendium, computation, conspectus, count up, crest, crown, crux, culmen, deets, details, digest, drift, epitome, fastigium, foot up, gravamen, guts, heartstring, heartstrings, height, moral of the story, nuts and bolts, outline, overview, peak, pinnacle, précis, punctum saliens, quantity of money, quintessence, reckon up, ridge, roof, résumé, soul, spirit, stuff, sum, summary, summit, synopsis, tally up, tenor, the long and short, tl;dr, top, tote, upshot, vertex, zenith

Related Words

+ +... =, + =, =, Or sometimes, choy sum, dim sum, log(base) =, successor, summand, summary, summation, summative, × =, × ×... =, ÷ =, − =, √ =

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