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sum en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).

Meanings

1. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
   • The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
   • Take yee the ſumme of all the Congregation of the children of Iſrael,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 1:2, columns 1–2:
   • "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." a. 2004, Jimmy Wales, quotee, “Wikipedia:Prime objective”, in Wikipedia:
2. (often, plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
   • "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." 1981, Lisa Valentin, quoting Richie Benaud, “The day Richie Benaud stood up for principle over patriotism”, in Stuff, published 11 April 2015:
   • ‘But enough of doing sums for to-day, and what about that procession?’ ‘I’m on,’ said Egbert. 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11:
   • […] a large sheet of paper […] covered with long sums […] 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Emigrants”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 572:
   • We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
3. A quantity of money.
   • the sum of forty pounds
   • […]With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 22:28, column 1:
   • 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. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
   • a tidy sum
4. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
   • This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
   • This is the sum and substance of his objections.
5. A central idea or point; gist.
6. (literary, rare) The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
   • Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…] 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1158–1159:
   • Our wisdom and skill cannot save us from accidents, pains, and from that sum of all fears and distresses—death. 1877, Rev. Thomas H. Leale, chapter 2, in A Homiletic Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, page 32:
7. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
   • The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:

Forms

Deriveds

sum up · sum of best · Riemann sum · zero-sum · formal sum · sum assured · Ramanujan's sum · vector sum · sum-up · ring sum normal form · sum of parts · lump sum · summist · Murasugi sum · semisum · princely sum · sumless · zero-sum game · checksum · sum and substance · partial sum · residual sum of squares · sum-total · direct sum · rank sum · sum of its parts · Abel sum · positive-sum · sumtree · digit sum · wedge sum · negative-sum · in sum · sumset · linear sum · Appell-Lerch sum

Hyponyms

nullary sum · empty sum · checksum

Relateds

successor · × ×... = (multiplication, factorization; factor) · + +... = (addition, summation) · summary (Terms etymologically related to sum) · √ = (root extraction; degree) · − = (subtraction) · summation (Terms etymologically related to sum) · × = (multiplication, factorization; multiplier) · + = (addition, summation) · Or sometimes (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient) · = (exponentiation; base) · summative (Terms etymologically related to sum) · ÷ = (division; dividend) · summand (Terms etymologically related to sum) · log(base) = (logarithmization)

Synonyms

stuff · amount · bowels · quantity of money · kernel · vertex · gist · summary · summit · nub · nitty-gritty · abstract · peak · guts · heart and soul · marrow · totality · outline · soul · pinnacle · précis · ridge · sum of money · heartstrings · quintessence · epitome · spirit · compendium · apogee · zenith · substance · tenor · sum total · fastigium · height · drift · sum · heart · inwardness · crest · core · tl;dr · nuts and bolts · gravamen · culmen · conspectus · heartstring · meat · roof · top · total · the long and short · summit · essence · crux · digest · crown · upshot · computation · pith · calculation · moral of the story · apex · synopsis · bottom line · brass tacks · compendium · overview · abridgment · summation · punctum saliens · résumé

Translations (134)

pt quantia (quantity of money) · fr somme (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · bg съ́щност (central idea or point) · fr calcul (arithmetic problem) · es cantidad (quantity of money) · mk збир (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ms jumlah (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sq njehësim (arithmetic problem) · ka რაოდენობა (quantity of money) · tr yekûn (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · bo བསྡོམས་འབོར (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · is samtala (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · bo བསྡོམས་གྲངས (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · pt soma (arithmetic problem) · ceb kantidad (quantity of money) · bg су́ма (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ka ოდენობა (quantity of money) · cy swm (arithmetic problem) · ru зада́ча (arithmetic problem) · nb sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · izh summa (quantity of money) · ko 총화 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · fa مجموع (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sv kärna (central idea or point) · it somma (quantity of money) · km ផលបូក (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ceb tingob (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sv räkneuppgift (arithmetic problem) · cs suma (quantity of money) · ka ჯამი (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · mi pūranga moni (quantity of money) · tl dagup (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · la summa (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · de Summe (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sl vsota (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · mi tapeke (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · pdt Somm (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sw jumla (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · cmn 總數 /总数 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · pt soma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sv summa (quantity of money) · bg зада́ча (arithmetic problem) · sh zbroj (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · uga 𐎚𐎂𐎎𐎗 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ro sumă (arithmetic problem) · bo ཁྱོན་བསྡོམས (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · cs částka (quantity of money) · ca suma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sq shumë (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sk súčet (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · la summa (obsolete: old English measure of corn) · fi summa (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nb sum (arithmetic problem) · ro sumă (quantity of money) · bg сума (quantity of money) · it somma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ro sumă (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · de Summe (quantity of money) · es adición (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · hy գումար (quantity of money) · bg сбор (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · sv matematikexempel (arithmetic problem) · sv belopp (quantity of money) · el πράξη (arithmetic problem) · el άθροισμα (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · qu qullu (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · fi laskutehtävä (arithmetic problem) · nl som (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · izh summa (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · gl suma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · fr somme (quantity of money) · mi otinga tāpiri (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · pt adição (arithmetic problem) · hy գումար (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nn sum (quantity of money) · hu összeg (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ru су́мма (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · he סְכוּם (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ja 金額 (quantity of money) · be су́ма (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · el ποσό (quantity of money) · he סְכוּם (quantity of money) · ast suma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nn sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nn beløp (quantity of money) · pl suma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · bo དངུལ་འབོར (quantity of money) · sv kontenta (central idea or point) · la summa (central idea or point) · is summa (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nl som (quantity of money) · fi summa (quantity of money) · sv matematikuppgift (arithmetic problem) · ru суть (central idea or point) · sh zbȋr (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ja 総額 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ar مَبْلَغ (quantity of money) · it somma (arithmetic problem) · vi tổng số (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · cs součet (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ca suma (quantity of money) · nl rekensom (arithmetic problem) · nb beløp (quantity of money) · tr toplam (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ru су́мма (quantity of money) · sv summa (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · cmn 金額 /金额 (quantity of money) · pl suma (arithmetic problem) · ar مَجْمُوع (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ms hasil tambah (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ml തുക (quantity of money) · ceb sumada (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ko 액수 (quantity of money) · ml തുക (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ba нәтижә (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · tr meblağ (quantity of money) · pl suma (quantity of money) · sh зби̑р (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · gd suim (quantity of money) · gd suim (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · bo ཁྱོན་བསྡོམས (quantity of money) · cmn 總和 /总和 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · is upphæð (quantity of money) · om ida'ama (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · mk сума (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · es suma (quantity of money) · es suma (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · nb sum (quantity of money) · nl som (arithmetic problem) · bo ཁྱོན་འབོར (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ko 합계 (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) · ko 금액 (quantity of money) · gl contía (quantity of money) · uk су́ма (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)

sum en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add together.
   • 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. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 250b:
2. (transitive) To give a summary of.

Forms

Deriveds

oversum · outsum · summable · summability · resum · summate

Synonyms

sum up · tally · total · reckon up · count up · sum up · tot · summarize · tote up · foot up · add · summate · add up · add together · cast · tally up · sum · tot up · tote

Translations (25)

el αθροίζω (to add together) · fr additionner (to add together) · pl zsumować (to add together) · sv summera (to add together) · ru скла́дывать (to add together) · sv addera (to add together) · ru сумми́ровать (to add together) · fi ynnätä (to add together) · bg сумирам (to add together) · nl bijeentellen (to add together) · sq mbledh (to add together) · nl optellen (to add together) · tr toplamak (to add together) · ka აჯამვა (to add together) · pl zsumowywać (to add together) · it sommare (to add together) · bg събирам (to add together) · pl sumować (to add together) · pt somar (to add together) · de summieren (to add together) · fi laskea yhteen (to add together) · es sumar (to add together) · sq nje (gheg) (to add together) · fi summata (to add together) · ru сложи́ть (to add together)

sum en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh сом (som), Kyrgyz сом (som), Uyghur سوم (som), and Uzbek soʻm, all of which have the core signification “pure”, used in elliptical reference to historical coins of pure gold.

Meanings

1. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
2. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

Forms

Translations (10)

kk сом (basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan) · ug سوم (basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan) · sv som (basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan) · ug سوم (basic unit of money in Uzbekistan) · et somm (basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan) · ru сум (basic unit of money in Uzbekistan) · et somm (basic unit of money in Uzbekistan) · sv som (basic unit of money in Uzbekistan) · kk сом (basic unit of money in Uzbekistan) · uk сом (basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan)

wikipedia: Kyrgyzstani som · wikipedia: Uzbekistani + · wikipedia: Som (currency)

sum en · DET · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Meanings

1. (Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.
   alt of some
   • Females can smell when they nigga doing sum sneaky shit 😂 2022 August 6, @npreeko, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:

sum en · PRON · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Meanings

1. (Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of something.
   alt of something
   • Tony hawk such a fire name bro was bound to do sum cool 2022 January 17, @TheWeeklyShift, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
   • we got a lil sum goin on over here 2022 March 15, @UNITYTX, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
   • 21 went a lil sum like this🎈 2022 August 16, @Theylovetripp, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
   • It's good to have a man but that ain't sum I need 2022 September 22, @ella_thereal, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
   • ion like no ngga that make me repeat myself , why tf you steady doing sum ion like 2023 April 22, @noonie_2x, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:

Synonyms

sumn

sum en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• sŭm (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /sʌm/ (UK, US)
• /sʊm/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Mongolian сум (sum), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Relateds

dim sum (etymologically unrelated terms) · choy sum (etymologically unrelated terms)