'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
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
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- add,
- add up,
- addend,
- affective meaning,
- aggregate,
- all,
- amount,
- amount of money,
- amplitude,
- batch,
- be-all and end-all,
- bearing,
- body,
- box score,
- budget,
- bulk,
- bunch,
- cast,
- cast up,
- chunk,
- cipher up,
- clutch,
- coloring,
- compute,
- condense,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- core,
- count,
- count up,
- deal,
- denotation,
- detail,
- difference,
- digest,
- dose,
- drift,
- effect,
- entirety,
- entity,
- epitome,
- essence,
- extension,
- extent,
- figure,
- figure up,
- foot,
- foot up,
- force,
- gist,
- gob,
- grammatical meaning,
- grand total,
- gross,
- gross amount,
- group,
- heap,
- hunk,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- integral,
- integrate,
- intension,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- large amount,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- lot,
- lump sum,
- magnitude,
- main point,
- mass,
- matter,
- meaning,
- measure,
- measurement,
- meat,
- mess,
- number,
- numbers,
- nutshell,
- overtone,
- pack,
- parcel,
- part,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- plus,
- plus sign,
- point,
- portion,
- practical consequence,
- product,
- purport,
- quantity,
- quantum,
- range of meaning,
- ration,
- real meaning,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recapitulation,
- recite,
- reckon up,
- reckoning,
- recount,
- reference,
- referent,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- relation,
- relevance,
- resume,
- round sum,
- run-through,
- rundown,
- scope,
- score,
- score up,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- small amount,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- strength,
- structural meaning,
- structure,
- substance,
- subtotal,
- sum and substance,
- sum total,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summary,
- summate,
- summation,
- summing-up,
- symbolic meaning,
- synopsize,
- system,
- tale,
- tally,
- tally up,
- tenor,
- the amount,
- the bottom line,
- the story,
- the whole story,
- tot,
- tot up,
- total,
- total up,
- totality,
- totality of associations,
- tote,
- tote up,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- value,
- whole,
- whole amount,
- x number