Sum
[sʌm]
Definition
(noun.) the whole amount.
(noun.) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
(noun.) the final aggregate; 'the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered'.
(noun.) a quantity of money; 'he borrowed a large sum'; 'the amount he had in cash was insufficient'.
Checked by Emma--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
(n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
(n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.
(n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
(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.
(v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
(v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
Typist: Steven
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount.[2]. Quantity of money.[3]. Summary, sum and substance.[4]. Question (in arithmetic), problem.
v. a. Add, add together, sum up, cast up.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aggregate, total, example, problem, whole, amount, quantity, collection,substance, gist, tenor, height, completion, drift, bearing
ANT:Part, portion, item, imperfection, incompleteness, miscalculation,misinterpretation
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Definition
n. the amount of two or more things taken together: the whole of anything: a quantity of money: a problem in arithmetic: chief points: substance or result of reasoning: summary: height: completion.—v.t. to collect into one amount or whole: to count: to bring into a few words:—pr.p. sum′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. summed.—adj. Sum′less not to be summed or counted: incalculable.—ns. Sum′mer one who sums; Sum′ming the act of one who sums arithmetic; Sum′ming-up a recapitulation or review of the leading points a judge's summary survey of the evidence given to a jury before it withdraws to consider its verdict; Sum′mist one who makes a summary esp. a theological compendium.
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Examples
- For those days this was an enormous sum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But remember what a large sum it is. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was the sum she had set aside to pacify her dress-maker--unless she should decide to use it as a sop to the jeweller. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This was the sum of my speech, delivered with great improprieties and hesitation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The company was soon swamped with propositions for sale of territorial rights and with other negotiations, and some of these were accompanied by the offer of very large sums of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mr. Upton sums it all up very precisely in his remarks upon this period: What has now been made clear by accurate nomenclature was then very foggy in the text-books. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He sums up his mental condition when asked a question by replying that he don't know nothink. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gutenberg spent 4,000 florins before the Bible was half done, and I do not see how he can ever repay me the sums I have advanced. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I burn with indignation, and I ache with fatigue, was the way Miss Rachel summed it up, when I think of Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our operations may be summed up in a few words. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Justice Stareleigh summed up, in the old-established and most approved form. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On the contrary, he was never more active than immediately after the work we have summed up at the beginning of this chapter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The main facts relative to magnets may be summed up as follows:-- _a_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is hardly to be marvelled at that such views should elicit warm protest, summed up in the comment: Mr. Edison and many like him see in reverse the course of human progress. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That, said Joe, summing up with his judicial air, were the word of Biddy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Which,' said Mr Dorrit, summing up with judicial gravity, 'is to say, in other words, that there is something wrong in--ha--Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It appears to have knocked your friend over--knocked him completely off his legs,' Mr Inspector remarked, when he had finished his summing up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was surely a summing of a year's exploration not less laconic than Caesar's review of his Gallic campaign. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Happily Van Alstyne prided himself on his summing up of social aspects, and with Selden for audience was eager to show the sureness of his touch. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Toni