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Definition of Sum
1. Verb. Be a summary of. "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
Related verbs: Resume, Sum Up, Summarise, Summarize
Generic synonyms: Say, State, Tell
Derivative terms: Summation, Summarisation, Summarization
2. Noun. A quantity of money. "The amount he had in cash was insufficient"
Specialized synonyms: Gain, Gross, Receipts, Revenue, Cash Surrender Value, Contribution, Deductible, Defalcation, Loss, Red, Red Ink, Figure, Coverage, Insurance Coverage, Advance, Cash Advance, Payroll, Paysheet, Peanuts, Purse, Purse
Generic synonyms: Assets
3. Verb. Determine the sum of. "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Related verbs: Add, Add Together
Generic synonyms: Count, Enumerate, Number, Numerate
Derivative terms: Addable, Adder, Addible, Addition, Additive, Additive, Summation, Tally, Total, Total
4. Noun. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
Generic synonyms: Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Grand Total, Subtotal
Derivative terms: Amount, Summate, Total, Total
5. Noun. The final aggregate. "The sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Aggregate, Congeries, Conglomeration
Derivative terms: Summate, Summate, Summational
6. Noun. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. "The nub of the story"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Specialized synonyms: Bare Bones, Hypostasis, Haecceity, Quiddity, Quintessence, Stuff
Derivative terms: Central, Essential, Meaty, Pithy, Summate
7. Noun. The whole amount.
Generic synonyms: Unit, Whole
Derivative terms: Aggregate, Aggregate, Aggregate, Summate, Total, Total
8. Noun. 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"
Definition of Sum
1. n. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
2. v. t. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
Definition of Sum
1. Noun. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation. ¹
2. Noun. (UK Ireland) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition.) ¹
3. Noun. A quantity of money. ¹
4. Noun. A summary. ¹
5. Noun. A central idea or point. ¹
6. Noun. The utmost degree. ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To add together. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To give a summary of. ¹
10. Noun. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan. ¹
11. Noun. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sum
1. to add into one total [v SUMMED, SUMMING, SUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sum
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