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sum - 9 definitions

- noun
1. sum -- a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
synonyms: sum of money, amount, amount of money
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. sum -- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
synonyms: amount, total
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. sum -- the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
synonyms: summation, sum total
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. kernel -- 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"
synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. sum -- the whole amount
synonyms: total, totality, aggregate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. union -- 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"
synonyms: union, join
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
7. summarize -- be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
synonyms: summarize, summarise, sum up
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. total -- determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
synonyms: total, tot, tot up, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. sum, sums -- to add into one total
synonyms: sums, summed, summate, summing
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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