English dictionary
sum
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the whole amount
noun
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
noun
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
noun
- the final aggregate
noun
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
noun
- a quantity of money
verb
- determine the sum of
verb
- be a summary of
Example sentences
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
the nub of the story
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
let C be the union of the sets A and B
he borrowed a large sum
the amount he had in cash was insufficient
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper