sum

plural sums

1. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

   The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.

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   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

   Synonyms: sum total, total, totality

2. oftenpluralAn arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

   We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.

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   […] 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

   ‘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

   "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

   Synonyms: calculation, computation

3. A quantity of money.

   a tidy sum

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   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

   Synonyms: amount, quantity of money, sum of money

4. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.

   This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.

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   This is the sum and substance of his objections.

   Synonyms: compendium, summation, abridgment, abstract, bottom line, compendium, conspectus, digest

5. A central idea or point; gist.

   Synonyms: bowels, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts

6. literaryrareThe 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

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   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

   Synonyms: summit, apex, apogee, crest, crown, culmen, fastigium, height

7. obsoleteAn 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

present singular third person sums · participle present summing · participle past summed · past summed

1. transitiveTo 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

   Synonyms: add, add together, add up, cast, count up, foot up, reckon up, sum up

2. transitiveTo give a summary of.

   Synonyms: sum up, summarize

plural sums · plural sumy · alternative som · alternative soum

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

1. Internetpronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularEye dialect spelling 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

1. Internetpronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of something.

   21 went a lil sum like this🎈

   2022 August 16, @Theylovetripp, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024

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   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

   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

plural sums · alternative Russia somon · alternative Russia sumon · alternative China sometimes sumu

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.

plural Sums

1. A surname.