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   Sum

   /səm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a particular amount of money: "they could not afford such a sum" Similar amountquantityvolumeamount of moneypricechargefeecosttariff
   • 2. the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts, or items: "the sum of two prime numbers" Similar totalsum totalgrand totaltallyaggregatesummationgrossanswerOpposite difference
   • ▪ the total amount of something that exists: "the sum of his own knowledge" Similar entiretytotalitytotalwholeaggregatesummationbeginning and endalpha and omegabe-all and end-allinformal:whole shebangwhole caboodlewhole shooting matchlock, stock, and barrel
   • 3. an arithmetical problem, especially at an elementary level: "do your sums, then the shock will not be too great" Similar arithmetical problemproblemcalculationreckoningtallyquestionarithmeticmathematicsfiguresnumberscomputationinformal:mathsmath

   verb

   • 1. find the sum of (two or more amounts): "if we sum these equations we obtain X"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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