sum meaning

UK /sʌm/ US /sʌm/ 1 syllable

sum (noun): a quantity of money.

sum has 8 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

sum as a noun

a quantity of money
- he borrowed a large sum
- the amount he had in cash was insufficient
Synonyms: sum of money, amount, amount of money
Type of: assets
Kinds: gain, gross, cash surrender value, contribution, deductible, defalcation, loss, figure, coverage, advance, payroll, peanuts
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Synonyms: amount, total
Type of: quantity
Kinds: grand total, subtotal
Related forms: summate
the final aggregate
- the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
Synonyms: summation, sum total
Type of: collection
Kinds: aggregate
Related forms: summate
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
Synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty
Type of: content
Kinds: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
Related forms: summate
the whole amount
Synonyms: total, totality, aggregate
Type of: whole
Related forms: summate
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- let C be the union of the sets A and B
Synonyms: union, join
Type of: set
Kinds: direct sum

be a summary of
- The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
Synonyms: summarize, summarise, sum up
Type of: state
Related forms: summation
determine the sum of
- Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Synonyms: total, tot, tot up, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
Type of: count
Related forms: summation

sum is pronounced /sʌm/ in British English and /sʌm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

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