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List of meaning for sum

an amount added together

sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money(noun)

a quantity of money

"he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

sum, amount, total(noun)

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

sum, summation, sum total(noun)

the final aggregate

"the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty(noun)

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

sum, total, totality, aggregate(noun)

the whole amount

union, sum, join(verb)

a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

"let C be the union of the sets A and B"

summarize, summarise, sum, sum up(verb)

be a summary of

"The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up(verb)

determine the sum of

"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

a complete amount of something

the sum of human knowledge on that subject

a short statement of the main points

the district attorney delivered a sum of the evidence against the accused that was simply staggering

the highest part or point

he declared that he had reached the sum of joy when his newborn daughter was laid in his arms

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?

to combine (numbers) into a single sum

can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator

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