sum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭm
ipa: /sʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: some
Forms: form: sums
Etymology: From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).
Senses: examples: text: The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
text: Take yee the ſumme of all the Congregation of the children of Iſrael,[…]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 1:2, columns 1–2:
text: "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."
ref: a. 2004, Jimmy Wales, quotee, “Wikipedia:Prime objective”, in Wikipedia:
synonyms: sum total
total
totality
glosses: A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
examples: text: We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
text: […] a large sheet of paper […] covered with long sums […]
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Emigrants”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 572:
text: "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."
ref: 1981, Lisa Valentin, quoting Richie Benaud, “The day Richie Benaud stood up for principle over patriotism”, in Stuff, published 11 April 2015:
synonyms: calculation
computation
glosses: An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
examples: text: a tidy sum
text: the sum of forty pounds
text: […]With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 22:28, column 1:
text: 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.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
synonyms: amount
quantity of money
sum of money
glosses: A quantity of money.
examples: text: This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
text: This is the sum and substance of his objections.
synonyms: word: compendium
word: summation
word: abridgment
word: abstract
word: bottom line
word: compendium
word: conspectus
word: digest
word: epitome
word: outline
word: overview
word: précis
word: résumé
word: summary
word: synopsis
word: the long and short
word: tl;dr
word: upshot
glosses: A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
synonyms: word: bowels
word: brass tacks
word: core
word: crux
word: essence
word: gist
word: drift
word: guts
word: gravamen
word: heart
word: heart and soul
word: heartstring
word: heartstrings
word: inwardness
word: kernel
word: marrow
word: meat
word: moral of the story
word: nitty-gritty
word: nub
word: nuts and bolts
word: pith
word: punctum saliens
word: quintessence
word: soul
word: spirit
word: stuff
word: substance
word: tenor
glosses: A central idea or point; gist.
examples: text: Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…]
ref: 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:
text: Our wisdom and skill cannot save us from accidents, pains, and from that sum of all fears and distresses—death.
ref: 1877, Rev. Thomas H. Leale, chapter 2, in A Homiletic Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, page 32:
synonyms: word: summit
word: apex
word: apogee
word: crest
word: crown
word: culmen
word: fastigium
word: height
word: peak
word: pinnacle
word: ridge
word: roof
word: summit
word: top
word: vertex
word: zenith
glosses: The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
examples: text: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
ref: 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:
glosses: An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
Hyponyms: checksum
empty sum
nullary sum
Derived terms: Abel sum
Appell-Lerch sum
checksum
digit sum
direct sum
formal sum
in sum
linear sum
lump sum
Murasugi sum
negative-sum
partial sum
positive-sum
princely sum
Ramanujan's sum
rank sum
residual sum of squares
Riemann sum
ring sum normal form
sum and substance
sum assured
sum of best
sum of its parts
sum of parts
sum-total
sum up
sum-up
vector sum
wedge sum
zero-sum
zero-sum game
Related terms: sense: Terms etymologically related to sum
word: summand
sense: Terms etymologically related to sum
word: summary
sense: Terms etymologically related to sum
word: summation
sense: Terms etymologically related to sum
word: summative
word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =