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Meaning of sum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
sʌm

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
  3. 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.
  4. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
  5. addition
  6. in sum, in concise or brief form.
  7. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
  8. An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
    often, plural
  9. A quantity of money.
  10. feminine singular of sumo
  11. var. of sub- before m: summon.
  12. third-person singular present indicative
  13. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
  14. The result of adding numbers or quantities. The sum of 6 and 9, for example, is 15, and the sum of 4x and 5x is 9x.
    x
  15. second-person singular imperative
  16. A central idea or point; gist.
  17. To combine (figures) to form a sum.Also used with up:add (up), cast, foot (up), tot (up), total, totalize.
    up
  18. The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
    literary, rare
  19. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, synopsize, wrap up.
  20. An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
    obsolete
  21. the complete or final total. The sum total of the damage cannot be calculated. somtotaal مَجْموع كُلّي، حاصِل الجَمِع общ сбор soma final celkový úhrn der Gesamtbetrag totalbeløb συνολικός suma total lõppsumma مجموع yhteissumma somme totale סְכוּם כּוֹלֵל कुल योग ukupno, ukupna svota végösszeg jumlah keseluruhan heildarupphæð totale, importo 総計 총계 bendra suma kopējā summa jumlah totaalendelig sum, totalsum suma ogólna مجموع soma final sumă totală общая сумма celkový súčet, súhrn skupna vsota ...
  22. to give the main or important points of. He summed up the various proposals. opsom يُلَخِّص обобщавам resumir shrnout zusammenzählen opsummere συνοψίζωresumir kokkuvõtet tegema جمع بندي كردن tehdä yhteenveto résumer לְסַכֵּם समझना, समझ लेना ukratko izložiti, rezimirati összegez menyimpulkan taka saman riassumere 要約する 요약하다 apibendrinti summēt; apkopot membuat rumusan samenvattenoppsummerezreasumować, podsumować جمع بندی کول resumir a rezuma подводить итог zhrnúť povzeti sumirati summera, samma...
  23. Mathematics a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
    Mathematics
  24. The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience.
  25. An amount of money: paid an enormous sum.

Equivalents

Български задача сума събирам
Català suma
Čeština částka obnos peníz součet suma úhrn
Español adición cantidad suma sumar
Eesti somm
Français additionner calcul somme sum
Gàidhlig suim
Galego contía suma
עברית סך סכום
हिन्दी कुल जोड़ रक़म राशि
Magyar összeg
Հայերեն գումար
Bahasa Indonesia bilangan jumlah
Íslenska summa upphæð
Italiano somma sommare
Қазақша сом
한국어 금액 액수 집계 총화 통산 합계
Kurdî şoma sum şûm sûma
Latina summa
Македонски збир сума
മലയാളം തുക
Bahasa Melayu hasil tambah jumlah
Nederlands bijeentellen optellen rekensom som
Português adição quantia soma somar
Română sumă
Shqip mbledh shumë
Српски som soma somar šum suma šumar збир сом сума
Kiswahili jumla
Türkçe meblağ rakam toplam toplamak yekûn
Українська задача підсумок сом сум сума
Tiếng Việt tổng hoà tổng số

Examples

“The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.”
“Take yee the ſumme of all the Congregation of the children of Iſrael,[…]”
“"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."”
“We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.”
“[…] a large sheet of paper […] covered with long sums […]”
“"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."”
“a tidy sum”
“the sum of forty pounds”
“[…]With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome.”
“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.”
“This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.”
“This is the sum and substance of his objections.”
“Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…]”
“Our wisdom and skill cannot save us from accidents, pains, and from that sum of all fears and distresses—death.”
“The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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