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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)

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

See sum in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an amount of money: a sum paid in reparation
the whole amount; totality; aggregate: the sum of our experience
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 )
Archaic the highest degree; height; summit
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

to determine the sum of by adding
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

Mathematics
a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
b. An arithmetic problem: a child good at sums.
The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience.
An amount of money: paid an enormous sum.
A summary: my view of the world, in sum.
The central idea or point; the gist.

transitive verb summed summed, sum·ming, sums

Mathematics To add.
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.

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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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