Sum

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English

Noun

Sum (plural Sums)
  1. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
    The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
  2. (UK) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition.)
  3. A quantity of money.
    a tidy sum
  4. A summary.
  5. A central idea or point.
  6. The utmost degree.
  7. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207:
      The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.

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Verb

Sum (third-person singular simple present Sums, present participle summing, simple past and past participle summed)

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

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Noun

Sum (plural Sums)
  1. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
  2. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

Adjectives for Sum

nominal; fabulous; moderate; untold; successive (pi) ; meager; pitiful; gross; vast; reasonable; stupendous; trifling; substantial; lawful; formidable; exorbitant; munificent; phonetic; staggering; utmost; unprecedented; round; appalling; pretty; small; enormous; paltry; objective; aggregate; satisfying; tabled; tidy; specified; high; modest.

Verbs for Sum

accrue—; accumulate—; aggregate—; allot —; amass—; arrive at—; audit—; bestow ——; calculate—; check—; compute—; disburse—; discount—; distribute—; embezzle —; entail—; expend—; file—; issue—; necessitate—; realize—; reckon—; register—; represent—; subscribe—; —diminishes; — dwindles; —soars; —staggers.

Thesaurus

account, add, add up, addend, affective meaning, aggregate, all, amount, amount of money, amplitude, batch, be-all and end-all, bearing, body, box score, budget, bulk, bunch, cast, cast up, chunk, cipher up, clutch, coloring, compute, condense, connotation, consequence, core, count, count up, deal, denotation, detail, difference, digest, dose, drift, effect, entirety, entity, epitome, essence, extension, extent, figure, figure up, foot, foot up, force, gist, gob, grammatical meaning, grand total, gross, gross amount, group, heap, hunk, idea, impact, implication, import, integral, integrate, intension, inventory, itemize, large amount, lexical meaning, literal meaning, lot, lump sum, magnitude, main point, mass, matter, meaning, measure, measurement, meat, mess, number, numbers, nutshell, overtone, pack, parcel, part, pertinence, pith, plus, plus sign, point, portion, practical consequence, product, purport, quantity, quantum, range of meaning, ration, real meaning, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recite, reckon up, reckoning, recount, reference, referent, rehearse, relate, relation, relevance, resume, round sum, run-through, rundown, scope, score, score up, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, small amount, span of meaning, spirit, strength, structural meaning, structure, substance, subtotal, sum and substance, sum total, sum up, summarize, summary, summate, summation, summing-up, symbolic meaning, synopsize, system, tale, tally, tally up, tenor, the amount, the bottom line, the story, the whole story, tot, tot up, total, total up, totality, totality of associations, tote, tote up, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undertone, value, whole, whole amount, x number

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, feminine of summus (“highest”).

Etymology 2

From Uzbek.

Translations

Noun

quantity obtained by addition or aggregation
arithmetic problem
quantity of money
summary — see summary
central idea or point
summit — see summit
obsolete: old English measure of corn
The translations below need to be checked.
Translations to be checked

Verb

to add together
give a summary of — see summarize

Noun

basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan
basic unit of money in Uzbekistan

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Anagrams

Faroese

Conjunction

Sum

  1. like, as
  2. when, as

Particle

Sum (relative particle)

  1. that, who, which

Synonyms

Icelandic

Adjective

sum

  1. the feminine nominative singular of sumur (“some”)
  2. the neuter nominative plural of sumur (“some”)
  3. the neuter accusative plural of sumur (“some”)
    Ég þekkti sum barnanna.
    I knew some of the children.

Latin

Verb

present active sum, present infinitive esse, perfect active fuī, future participle futūrus. (irregular)
  1. I am, exist.
    • René Descartes
      Cogito, ergo sum.
      I think, therefore I am.
    • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here, a parsed version is here)
      O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
      O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city do we live?
    Sum sine regno.
    I am without a kingdom.
    Sic sum ut vides.
    Thus I am as you see.
    Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.
    He said that two things had abashed him.
    Civis Romanus sum.
    I am a Roman citizen.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognates include Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimi), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi), Old English eom (English am).

Pronunciation

Inflection

Irregular conjugation.
    Irregular
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sum es est sumus estis sunt
future erō eris erit erimus eritis erunt
imperfect eram erās erat erāmus erātis erant
perfect fuī fuistī fuit fuimus fuistis fuērunt
future perfect fuerō fueris fuerit fuerimus fueritis fuerint
pluperfect fueram fuerās fuerat fuerāmus fuerātis fuerant
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sim sīs sit sīmus sītis sint
imperfect essem essēs esset essēmus essētis essent
perfect fuerim fuerīs fuerit fuerīmus fuerītis fuerint
pluperfect fuissem fuissēs fuisset fuissēmus fuissētis fuissent
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular es estō estō — — —
plural este estōte suntō — — —
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives esse fuisse futūrus esse — — —
participles — — futūrus -ra, -rum — — —

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Descendants

See also
  • Novial: es
  • Occitan: èsser
  • Portuguese: ser
  • Romanian: fi (in part)
  • Spanish: ser

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

Sum

  1. a sum (addition or aggregation)
    (Bokmål) Hva er summen av 2+2?
    (Nynorsk) Kva er summen av 2+2?
    What's the sum of 2+2?
  2. a sum (amount of money)
Inflection
    Inflection of Sum</small>
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m Sum summen summer summene
Nynorsk m Sum summen</span> summar</span> summane
References
  • “Sum” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

Noun

Sum n. (definite singular summet)

  1. buzz (continuous noise)
References
  • “Sum” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

Sum n. (definite singular Sumet; indefinite plural Sum; definite plural Suma [Sumi])

  1. an act of swimming
    Dei la på sum utover mot holmen.
    They started swimming towards the holm.
References
  • “Sum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sumr.

Alternative forms

  • som (main form)

Pronoun

Sum m. (feminine sum, neuter sumt, plural sume)

  1. some
    Sumt av det er nytt, resten er ved det gamle.
    Some of it is new, the rest is like it used to be.
References
  • “Sum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old English

Pronoun

Sum n.

  1. some

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sumaz, whence also Old High German sum, Old Norse sumr

Descendants

Polish

File:EuropeseMeervalLucasVanDerGeest.jpg
sum (a catfish, Silurus glanis)

Noun

Sum m.

  1. European catfish

Pronunciation

Declension

    declension of Sum
singular plural
nominative sum sumy
genitive suma sumów
dative sumowi sumom
accusative suma sumy
instrumental sumem sumami
locative sumie sumach
vocative sumie sumy

Shabo

Verb

Sum

  1. say

Slovene

Noun

Sum m.

  1. suspicion, mistrust
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