sum

sum1 [ sʌm ] noun count ***

1. ) an amount of money:

He was fined a sum of $1,000.

a large/substantial/considerable/huge sum: Companies are prepared to pay substantial sums for the use of our facilities.

a sum of money: We already spend large sums of money on advertising.

a ) a total amount made by adding several numbers or amounts together:

sum of: The total area was calculated as the sum of all the individual areas in the plan.

2. ) often plural BRITISH a simple calculation. To do a sum is to calculate something.

greater/more than the sum of its parts

forming a better or stronger combination than you would expect from each of the individual parts

in sum FORMAL

used for giving a summary of what you have said:

In sum, alternative policies were not considered.

sum

sum 2 [ sʌm ] verb **

,sum `up phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to give a summary of something:

I'll sum up briefly and then we'll take questions.

Summing up the discussion, he said that all parties would consider how best to resolve the problem.

a ) if a judge sums up a case, they give a summary of all the evidence that has been given:

The judge will sum up the evidence tomorrow.

2. ) transitive to make a statement that shows what something or someone is like:

Her reply seemed to sum up the attitude of all the refugees.

3. ) transitive to make a judgment about what someone or something is like:

I'd already summed him up, and I knew he'd be difficult to work with.