Sum /(?)/
Sum
n.
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The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
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A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
- The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
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Height; completion; utmost degree.
Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss.
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A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. (Arith.)
A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole.
A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums.
Phrases & Compounds
- Algebraic sum
- as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.
- In sum
- in short; in brief.
Sum
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Summed; p. pr. & vb. n. Summing
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To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
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To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard,” in few words sums up the moral of this fable.
He sums their virtues in himself alone.
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To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. (Falconry)
But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings].
Phrases & Compounds
- Summing up
- a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary.