SUM
WordNet
noun
(1) The whole amount
(2) A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
(3) 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"
(4) The final aggregate
"The sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
(5) 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"
(6) A quantity of money
"He borrowed a large sum"
"The amount he had in cash was insufficient"
(7) The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
verb
(8) Determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
(9) Be a summary of
"The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, from , from , feminine of .
Noun
- A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
- An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition.)
- A quantity of money.
- A summary.
- A central idea or point.
- The utmost degree.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207:
- The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207:
Synonyms
amount, sum total, summation, total, totality calculation, computation amount, quantity of money, sum of money See summary center/centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nitty-gritty, pith substance See summit quarterVerb
- To add together.
- To give a summary of.
Synonyms
add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up See summarizeNoun
sum
- The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
- The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.