English verb: sum up | |||
1. | sum up (communication) give a summary (of) | ||
Samples | He summed up his results. I will now summarize. | ||
Synonyms | resume, summarise, summarize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abstract, docket, precis, recap, recapitulate | ||
Verb group | sum, sum up, summarise, summarize | ||
2. | sum up (stative) be a summary of | ||
Samples | The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper. | ||
Synonyms | sum, summarise, summarize | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | say, state, tell | ||
Verb group | resume, sum up, summarise, summarize | ||
3. | sum up (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, 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 | ||