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S0556300 (sŭm)n.1. Mathematics a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.b. 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 up1. 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.

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[Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, from feminine of summus, highest; see uper in Indo-European roots.]

sum up

vb (adverb) 1. to summarize (feelings, the main points of an argument, etc): the judge began to sum up. 2. (tr) to form a quick opinion of: I summed him up in five minutes.

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Verb	1.	sum up - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"summarize, summarise, resumeingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"abstract - give an abstract (of)precis - make a summary (of)docket - make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a listrecap, recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"sum, summarise, summarize, sum up - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
	2.	sum up - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"sum, summarise, summarizesum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
	3.	sum up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, add up, sum, tally, addadd together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

sum

noun1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:aggregate, amount, summation, sum total, total, totality.Archaic: tale.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: everything but the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax.3. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit:entity, integral, system, totality, whole.4. A condensation of the essential or main points of something:recapitulation, rundown, run-through, summary, summation, summing-up, wrap-up.Informal: recap.verbTo combine (figures) to form a sum.Also used with up:add (up), cast, foot (up), tot (up), total, totalize.phrasal verb
sum upTo give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, synopsize, wrap up.Informal: recap.

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sum

(sam) noun1. the amount or total made by two or more things or numbers added together. The sum of 12, 24, 7 and 11 is 54. 和，總數 和，总数 2. a quantity of money. It will cost an enormous sum to repair the swimming pool. 金額 金额3. a problem in arithmetic. My children are better at sums than I am. 算術(題的)運算 算术（题的）运算 sum total the complete or final total. The sum total of the damage cannot be calculated. 總和 总和sum up – past tense, past participle summed – verb to give the main or important points of. He summed up the various proposals. 總結(一下) 总结（一下）

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