| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m |
| NOUN: | 1. Mathematics a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers. b. An arithmetic problem: a child good at sums. 2. The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience. 3. An amount of money: paid an enormous sum. 4. A summary: my view of the world, in sum. 5. The central idea or point; the gist. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: summed, sum·ming, sums
1. Mathematics To add. 2. To give a summary of; summarize. | | PHRASAL VERB: | sum up 1. To present the substance of (material) in a condensed form; summarize: sum up the day's news; concluded the lecture by summing up. 2. To describe or assess concisely: an epithet that sums up my feelings. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, from feminine of summus, highest. See uper in Appendix I.
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