sum

n.

1. Mathematics.
   1. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
   2. 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.

tr.v., 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.

[Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, from feminine of summus, highest.]

sum² (sūm)
n., pl. sum.

A basic unit of currency in Uzbekistan.

[Uzbek sŭm, from Chuvash sum, som, payment. See som.]

also sum up

noun

1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: aggregate, amount, summation, sum total, total, totality. Archaic tale. See count.
2. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, total, totality, whole. Informal work (used in plural). Idioms: everythingbutexceptthe kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the wholeball of waxkit and caboodlemegillahnine yardsshebang. See part/whole.
3. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit: entity, integral, system, totality, whole. See part/whole.
4. A condensation of the essential or main points of something: recapitulation, rundown, run-through, summary, summation, summing-up, wrap-up. Informal recap. See words.

verb

To combine (figures) to form a sum. add (up), cast, foot (up), tot² (up), total, totalize. See increase/decrease.

phrasal verb - sum up

To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, synopsize, wrap up. Informal recap. See thoughts.

n

Definition: total
Antonyms: difference, fraction, part

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IN BRIEF: The result of adding numbers together.

The sum of 2 plus 2 plus 2 is 6.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sum, pengesum, essens, indhold, regnestykke
v. tr. - tælle sammen

idioms:

• sum total    samlet sum
• sum up    opsummere, resumere, sammenfatte, give retsbelæring
• summing up    samlende sig til
• the sum of    en sum af, summen er

Nederlands (Dutch)
som, rekensom, totaal, optellen

Français (French)
n. - somme, calcul, total, (fig) la somme de, en somme
v. tr. - additionner

idioms:

• in sum    en somme
• sum total    total
• sum up    récapituler, (Jur) résumer, résumer, apprécier, se faire une idée de
• summing up    récapitulation, résumé
• the sum of    (fig) la somme de (une expérience)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Summe, Rechenaufgabe
v. - addieren

idioms:

• in sum    summa summarum
• sum total    Ergebnis
• sum up    zusammenfassen
• summing up    Zusammenfassung
• the sum of    alles, die Summe von

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άθροισμα, (χρηματικό) ποσό, κονδύλι, συνολικό ποσό, σούμα, προσθετέοι αριθμοί, (πληθ.) πρόβλημα αριθμητικής
v. - αθροίζω, σουμάρω, συμποσούμαι

idioms:

• sum total    ολικό άθροισμα
• sum up    συνοψίζω, συγκεφαλαιώνω, αθροίζω
• summing up    ανακεφαλαίωση, άθροιση
• the sum of    το άθροισμα

Italiano (Italian)
somma, problema, ammontare, totale

idioms:

• more/greater than the sum of its parts    supera la somma delle sue parti
• sum total    totale
• sum up    riassumere, ricapitolare, sommare
• summing up    relazione finale
• the sum of    la somma di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - soma (f)
v. - somar

idioms:

• more/greater than the sum of its parts    maior que a soma de suas partes
• sum total    total
• sum up    resumir
• summing up    para resumir
• the sum of    a quantia de

Русский (Russian)
сумма, количество, итог, арифметическая задача, пример, конечная цель, высшая точка, складывать, подводить итог, составлять (сумму), решать арифметические задачи, резюмировать

idioms:

• more/greater than the sum of its parts    целое больше, чем (просто) сумма слагаемых
• sum total    итог
• sum up    подводить итог
• summing up    заключительная речь судьи, резюме, оценка (положения), подведение итогов
• the sum of    сумма (чего-л.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - suma, total, problema, importe, cantidad, adición, cálculo
v. tr. - sumar

idioms:

• in sum    en suma, resumiendo, en resumen
• sum total    suma total
• sum up    para resumir, en resumen
• summing up    recapitulando
• the sum of    la suma de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sol, solsken
v. - sola, sola sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
总数, 金额, 和, 计算...的总和, 概括, 总结, 概述

idioms:

• sum total    总计, 主旨, 合计, 本质
• sum up    计算, 总结
• summing up    总结, 结论
• the sum of    ...的总数, ...的总和

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 總數, 金額, 和
v. tr. - 計算...的總和, 概括, 總結, 概述

idioms:

• sum total    總計, 主旨, 合計, 本質
• sum up    計算, 總結
• summing up    總結, 結論
• the sum of    ...的總數, ...的總和

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 총계, 개요, 금액
v. tr. - 합계하다, 간단히 하다

idioms:

• sum up    요약 , 종합
• the sum of    요약 , 요지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 合計, 量, 金額, 概要, 計算
v. - 要約する, 総計する, 申し立てを略説する, 合計すると…になる

idioms:

• sum total    総計, 全体
• sum up    合計する, 合計するとなる, 要約する, す早く判断する
• summing up    摘要, 要約, 集計
• the sum of    総計, 集約

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاصل الجمع , كميه , مبلغ (فعل) يجمح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סכום, סיכום, סך הכל, חישוב, חשבון‬
v. tr. - ‮סיכם‬

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