Sum meaning

What does “sum” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sum” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a quantity of money.

sum

a quantity of money
“he borrowed a large sum”
“the amount he had in cash was insufficient”
Synonymssum of money amount amount of money
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Synonymsamount total
the final aggregate
“the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”
Synonymssummation sum total
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”
Synonymskernel substance core center centre essence gist heart
the whole amount
Synonymstotal totality aggregate
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”
Synonymsunion join

be a summary of
“The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper”
Synonymssummarize summarise sum up
determine the sum of
“Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”
Synonymstotal tot tot up sum up summate tote up add add together

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University