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Definition of Sum up
1. Verb. Give a summary (of). "I will now summarize"
Generic synonyms: Ingeminate, Iterate, Reiterate, Repeat, Restate, Retell
Specialized synonyms: Abstract, Precis, Docket, Recap, Recapitulate
Related verbs: Sum, Summarise, Summarize
Derivative terms: Resume, Summarisation, Summary, Summarization, Summary
2. Verb. Be a summary of. "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
Related verbs: Resume, Summarise, Summarize
Generic synonyms: Say, State, Tell
Derivative terms: Summation, Summarisation, Summarization
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, Sum, Sum, Sum, Summation, Sum, Sum, Sum, Tally, Total, Total
Definition of Sum up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to summarize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sum Up
Literary usage of Sum up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"But my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
Fri. L. Come, come with me, and we will make short work ; For, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"There are 52 ranks of numbers in this cube which sum up 130, namely, 16 vertical
columns, 16 horizontal rows from front to back, 16 horizontal rows from ..."
3. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"... photography is too cold, too mediocre, too grey for such works, of which it
can only sum up the image, without giving an idea of the magic of colour. ..."
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