sum

The definition of a sum is a total amount you arrive at by adding up multiple things, or the total amount of something that exists, or the total amount of money you have.

(noun)

  1. 4 is an example of the sum of 2+2.
  2. When you have $100, this is an example of the sum of money that you have.

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See sum in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. an amount of money: a sum paid in reparation
  2. the whole amount; totality; aggregate: the sum of our experience
  3. the gist or a summary of something said, done, etc.: usually in
    1. the result obtained by adding numbers or quantities; total
    2. Old-fashioned a series of numbers to be added together, or any problem in arithmetic
    3. the limit of the sum of the first n terms of an infinite series as n grows indefinitely
    4. the set containing every element belonging to one or both of two original sets and no other elements
    5. in Boolean algebra, disjunction (sense )
  4. Archaic the highest degree; height; summit
  5. pl. sum

    Origin: Uzbek sŭm

    the basic monetary unit of Uzbekistan

Origin: ME somme < MFr < L summa, fem. of summus, highest, superl. < base of super: see super-

transitive verb summed, summing

  1. to determine the sum of by adding
  2. to summarize or review briefly; sum up

intransitive verb

to get, or come to, a total

sub-: used before m

See sum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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 summed summed, sum·ming, sums
  1. Mathematics To add.
  2. To give a summary of; summarize.
Phrasal Verb: sum up To present the substance of (material) in a condensed form; summarize: sum up the day's news; concluded the lecture by summing up. To describe or assess concisely: an epithet that sums up my feelings.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English summe

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin summa

Origin: , from feminine of summus, highest; see uper in Indo-European roots

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