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summing
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Sum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Summed p. pr. & vb. n. Summing.]
1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon.
2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
=\“Go to the ant, thou sluggard,” in few words sums up the moral of this fable.\= --L'Estrange.
He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.
3. Falconry To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
But feathered soon and fledge
They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton.
Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary.
Syn: -- To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute.
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sum
n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum of money, amount,
amount of money]
2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: amount, total]
3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
equal the misery they suffered" [syn: summation, sum
total]
4: 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" [syn: kernel, substance, core,
center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness,
marrow, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty]
5: the whole amount [syn: total, totality, aggregate]
6: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
7: 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" [syn:
union, join]
v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum up]
2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together,
tally, add up]
[also: summing, summed]