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sum

UK/sʌm/ US/sʊm/ common literary
noun (7) verb (2)

noun

1.

a quantity of money

  • “he borrowed a large sum”
  • “the amount he had in cash was insufficient”
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2.

a quantity obtained by addition

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3.

the final aggregate

  • “the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”
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4.

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

  • “the gist of the prosecutor”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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5.
6.
7.

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”
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verb

1.

be a summary of

  • “The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper”
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2.

determine the sum of

  • “Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”
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Origin

* As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum. * As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).

Phrases

  • Abel sum
  • Appell-Lerch sum
  • digit sum
  • direct sum
  • formal sum
  • in sum
  • linear sum
  • lump sum

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