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A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
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An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).oftenplural
- We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
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A quantity of money.
- a tidy sum
- the sum of forty pounds
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A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
- This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
- This is the sum and substance of his objections.
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A central idea or point; gist.
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The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).literaryrare
- 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.
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An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.obsolete
- The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
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To add together.transitive
- when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.
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To give a summary of.transitive
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The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
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The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
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Eye dialect spelling of some.Internetalt-ofpronunciation-spelling
- Females can smell when they nigga doing sum sneaky shit 😂
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Pronunciation spelling of something.Internetalt-ofpronunciation-spelling
- Tony hawk such a fire name bro was bound to do sum cool
- we got a lil sum goin on over here
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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.