Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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det
Eye dialect spelling of some.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: sum total, total, totality
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noun
An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, plural
Synonyms: calculation, computation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A quantity of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: amount, quantity of money, sum of money
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: compendium, summation, abridgment, abstract, bottom line, conspectus, digest, epitome, outline, overview, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis, the long and short, tl;dr, upshot
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noun
A central idea or point; gist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, rare
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Synonyms: summit, apex, apogee, crest, crown, culmen, fastigium, height, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roof, top, vertex, zenith
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noun
An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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pron
Pronunciation spelling of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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Synonyms: sumn
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verb
To add together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: add, add together, add up, cast, count up, foot up, reckon up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tally up, tot, tot up, total, tote, tote up
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verb
To give a summary of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: sum up, summarize
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noun
the whole amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: total, totality, aggregate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: whole, unit
noun
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: amount, total
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quantity
Narrower terms: grand total, subtotal
noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff
noun
the final aggregate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: summation, sum total
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Narrower terms: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration
noun
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: union, join
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set
Narrower terms: direct sum
noun
a quantity of money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sum of money, amount, amount of money
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assets
Narrower terms: gain, gross, revenue, receipts, cash surrender value, contribution, deductible, defalcation, loss, red ink, red, figure, coverage, insurance coverage, advance, cash advance, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse
verb
determine the sum of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: total, tot, tot up, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: count, number, enumerate, numerate
verb
be a summary of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: summarize, summarise, sum up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
History
* As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum. * As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).
From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).
Borrowed from Kazakh сом (som), Kyrgyz сом (som), Uyghur سوم (som), and Uzbek soʻm, all of which have the core signification “pure”, used in elliptical reference to historical coins of pure gold.
From Mongolian сум (sum), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
Across languages
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