Overview of noun sum

The noun sum has 6 senses

• sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money -- (a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient")


• sum, amount, total -- (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)


• sum, summation, sum total -- (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 -- (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 -- (the whole amount)


• union, sum, join -- (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")

Overview of verb sum

The verb sum has 2 senses

• summarize, summarise, sum, sum up -- (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 -- (determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town")