Definition of Sum up

1. Verb. Give a summary (of). "I will now summarize"

Exact synonyms: Resume, Summarise, 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"
Exact synonyms: Sum, Summarise, Summarize
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"

Definition of Sum up

1. Verb. (idiomatic) to summarize ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sum Up

sultones
sultrier
sultriest
sultrily
sultriness
sultrinesses
sulu
sulus
sulvanite
sum
sum-up
sum of its parts
sum of money
sum total
sum up (current term)
sumac
sumac family
sumach
sumachs
sumacs
sumanene
sumat
sumatras
sumatriptan
sumbal
sumbals
sumbitch
sumbitches
sumbul

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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