English noun: sum | |||
1. | sum (possession) a quantity of money | ||
Samples | He borrowed a large sum. The amount he had in cash was insufficient. | ||
Synonyms | amount, amount of money, sum of money | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assets | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | advance, cash advance, cash surrender value, contribution, coverage, deductible, defalcation, figure, gain, gross, insurance coverage, loss, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse, purse, receipts, red, red ink, revenue | ||
2. | sum (cognition) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | ||
Synonyms | amount, total | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | grand total, subtotal | ||
3. | sum (group) the final aggregate | ||
Samples | The sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered. | ||
Synonyms | sum total, summation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aggregate, congeries, conglomeration | ||
4. | sum (cognition) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | ||
Samples | The gist of the prosecutor's argument. The heart and soul of the Republican Party. The nub of the story. | ||
Synonyms | center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cognitive content, content, mental object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bare bones, haecceity, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff | ||
5. | sum (artifact) the whole amount | ||
Synonyms | aggregate, total, totality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unit, whole | ||
6. | sum (group) a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets | ||
Samples | Let C be the union of the sets A and B. | ||
Synonyms | join, union | ||
Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | direct sum | ||
English verb: sum | |||
1. | sum (stative) be a summary of | ||
Samples | The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper. | ||
Synonyms | sum up, summarise, summarize | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | say, state, tell | ||
Verb group | resume, sum up, summarise, summarize | ||
2. | sum (communication) determine the sum of | ||
Samples | Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town. | ||
Synonyms | add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | count, enumerate, number, numerate | ||
Verb group | add, add together | ||