Meaning & Definition of Sum in English
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Sum
/səm/
noun
1. A quantity of money
- "He borrowed a large sum"
- "The amount he had in cash was insufficient"
synonym:
- sum,
- sum of money,
- amount,
- amount of money
2. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
synonym:
- sum,
- amount,
- total
3. The final aggregate
- "The sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
synonym:
- sum,
- summation,
- sum total
4. 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"
synonym:
- kernel,
- substance,
- core,
- center,
- centre,
- essence,
- gist,
- heart,
- heart and soul,
- inwardness,
- marrow,
- meat,
- nub,
- pith,
- sum,
- nitty-gritty
5. The whole amount
synonym:
- sum,
- total,
- totality,
- aggregate
6. 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"
synonym:
- union,
- sum,
- join
verb
1. Be a summary of
- "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
synonym:
- summarize,
- summarise,
- sum,
- sum up
2. Determine the sum of
- "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
synonym:
- total,
- tot,
- tot up,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summate,
- tote up,
- add,
- add together,
- tally,
- add up
Examples of using
How large а sum did they raise?
The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Tom paid for it in a lump sum.