summatev.
/ˈsʌmeɪt/, U.S. /ˈsəˌmeɪt/ 1. transitive. To add (two or more numbers or quantities) together; to calculate the sum of (in various senses of sum n.1).In later use esp. with reference to statistical data.
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1853 J. Friedländer Gen. Investig. Convergence Trigonometric Series 15 We have thus summated the series.
1931 Amer. Econ. Rev. 21 639 Such a figure has been obtained by summating the earnings of each firm for the entire nine-year period.
2010 Quality of Life Res. 19 741/1 Subscale scores may be summated to a total score.
2. transitive. To combine (two or more things) together, esp. so as to produce a cumulative effect, force, etc. Also intransitive.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > add or sum
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to add up1611
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to run up1830
summate1880
the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [verb (transitive)] > reception or transmission of impulses
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1880 Jrnl. Physiol. 2 179 The energy of the two contractions is summated at the entrance of the stimulus for the second.
1932 P. Bloomfield Imaginary Worlds xiv. 246 Happiness does not summate. The happiness of ten million individuals is not a millionfold the happiness of ten.
1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 83 144 According to the second principle, two responses having the same form summate.
2005 Jrnl. Neurosci. Methods 149 36/1 (caption) An amplifier summates the information from both electrodes to produce one output.
3. transitive To produce (a result or outcome). Also: to summarize.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)]
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to cut short?1542
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to knit up1553
to wind up1583
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to shut up1622
decurt1631
to sum up1642
breviate1663
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to gather up1782
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short copy1891
bovrilize1900
pot1927
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capsulize1958
profile1970
1951 Phi Delta Kappan 32 391/1 Grades summate collegiate success.
1976 J. Bayley Uses of Division i. i. 24 It remained for Proust to summate the retrospective social novel.
2017 Bognor Regis Observer (Nexis) 28 Dec. The comments were summated by the Food Standards Agency.
Derivatives
suˈmmated adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective]
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1879 Jrnl. Physiol. 2 164 It was the object of the research..to elucidate the effect in the summated contraction due to them.
1938 J. Newton Introd. Metall. xiii. 406 In slag calculations use is sometimes made of ‘summated’ percentages by means of which oxides of similar chemical properties are grouped together and treated as a single constituent.
2007 Jrnl. Healthcare Managem. 52 401/1 Each of these three measures was composed of a summated scale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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