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sum

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[ suhm ]

noun

  1. the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:

    The sum of 6 and 8 is 14.

  2. a particular aggregate or total, especially with reference to money:

    The expenses came to an enormous sum.

  3. an indefinite amount or quantity, especially of money:

    to lend small sums.

  4. a series of numbers or quantities to be added up.
  5. an arithmetical problem to be solved, or such a problem worked out and having the various steps shown.
  6. the full amount, or the whole.
  7. the substance or gist of a matter, comprehensively or broadly viewed or expressed:

    the sum of his opinions.

  8. concise or brief form:

    in sum.

  9. Mathematics.
    1. the limit of the sequence of partial sums of a given infinite series.
  10. a summary.


verb (used with object)

summed, summing.
  1. to combine into an aggregate or total (often followed by up ).
  2. to ascertain the sum of, as by addition.
  3. to bring into or contain in a small compass (often followed by up ).

verb (used without object)

summed, summing.
  1. to amount (usually followed by to or into ):

    Their expenses summed into the thousands.

verb phrase

    1. to reckon:

      We summed up our assets and liabilities.

    2. to bring into or contain in a brief and comprehensive statement; summarize:

      to sum up the case for the prosecution.

    3. to form a quick estimate of:

      I summed him up in a minute.

SUM

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  1. surface-to-underwater missile.

sum-

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  1. variant of sub- before m: summon.

sum

1

/ ʌ /

noun

    1. the result of the addition of numbers, quantities, objects, etc
    2. the cardinality of the union of disjoint sets whose cardinalities are the given numbers
  1. one or more columns or rows of numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided
  2. maths the limit of a series of sums of the first n terms of a converging infinite series as n tends to infinity
  3. plural another name for number work
  4. a quantity, esp of money

    he borrows enormous sums

  5. the essence or gist of a matter (esp in the phrases in sum, in sum and substance )
  6. a less common word for summary
  7. archaic.
    the summit or maximum
  8. modifier complete or final (esp in the phrase sum total )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. often foll by up to add or form a total of (something)
  2. tr to calculate the sum of (the terms in a sequence)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sum

2

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Uzbekistan, divided into 100 tiyin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sum

/ ŭ /

  1. The result of adding numbers or quantities. The sum of 6 and 9, for example, is 15, and the sum of 4 x and 5 x is 9 x.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܳl adjective
  • ܳl·ness noun
  • dzܳȴܳ verb (used with object) outsummed outsumming
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sum1

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English summe, from Latin summa “sum,” noun use of feminine of summus “highest,” superlative of superus ( superior ); (verb) Middle English summen (from Old French summer ), from Medieval Latin ܳ, derivative of summa
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sum1

C13 summe, from Old French, from Latin summa the top, sum, from summus highest, from superus in a higher position; see super
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See number.
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"So the sum of our trade exports is massive in terms of GDP."

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Starting in the 1950s and up to 2019, there was a sum total of roughly 2,000 operating satellites in orbit.

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Workplace incentives for diversity have often been summed up by the business case for diversity.

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Lawyers say more than 20 legal claims of historical abuse at Celtic Boys Club have been settled for a seven-figure sum.

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