Pronunciations (2)
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/sʌm/
Pronunciation notes
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/sʊm/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
Noun
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
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The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
Take yee the ſumme of all the Congregation of the children of Iſrael,[…]
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"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing."
An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
Usage- often
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We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
[…] a large sheet of paper […] covered with long sums […]
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‘But enough of doing sums for to-day, and what about that procession?’ ‘I’m on,’ said Egbert.
"I think it was a disgraceful performance from a captain that got his sums wrong today, and I think it should never be permitted to happen again."
A quantity of money.
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a tidy sum
the sum of forty pounds
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[…]With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome.
Merchant Opold: This one promised compensation for services rendered. It humbly suggests that a sum of 250 credits would be most appropriate. Shepard: Would you have had any chance of getting this past customs without me? You can be a bit more generous. Merchant Opold: The other's words possess the discomforting ring of truth. Merchant Opold: This one could raise the sum to 500 credits. That is half this one's profit taken by the other. It can offer no more.
A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
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This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
This is the sum and substance of his objections.
A central idea or point; gist.
The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
Usage- Literary
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Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…]
Our wisdom and skill cannot save us from accidents, pains, and from that sum of all fears and distresses—death.
An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
Usage- Obsolete
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The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
Verb
To add together.
Usage- Transitive
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when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.
To give a summary of.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
Noun
A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.
Noun
a quantity of money
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he borrowed a large sum
the amount he had in cash was insufficient
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
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the final aggregate
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the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
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the nub of the story
the whole amount
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
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let C be the union of the sets A and B
Verb
be a summary of
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The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
determine the sum of
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Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town