'Sum' definitions:

Definition of 'sum'

From: WordNet
noun
A quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money]
noun
A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum, amount, total]
noun
The final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [syn: sum, summation, sum total]
noun
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]
noun
The whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate]
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" [syn: union, sum, join]
verb
Be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up]
verb
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]

Definition of 'Sum'

From: GCIDE
  • Sum \Sum\, n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L. summa, fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See Sub-, and cf. Supreme.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Take ye the sum of all the congregation. --Num. i. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. "The sum of forty pound." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • With a great sum obtained I this freedom. --Acts xxii. 28. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Height; completion; utmost degree. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. --Gladstone. [1913 Webster]
  • A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.
  • In sum, in short; in brief. [Obs.] "In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin." --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sum'

From: GCIDE
  • Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Summed; p. pr. & vb. n. Summing.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. [1913 Webster]
  • "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," in few words sums up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. [1913 Webster]
  • But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r['e]sum['e]; a summary. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute. [1913 Webster] Sumac

Synonyms of 'sum'

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