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sum /sʌm/ noun [countable]
sum verb (past tense and past participle summed, present participle summing)
حاصل جمع؛ مبلغ
حاصل جمع، روی هم، حساب کردن، با هم جمع کردن، جمع کردن، مجموع، مختصر کردن، موجز کردن، خلاصه نمودن، کامپیوتر: حاصل جمع، حقوقی: مبلغ، روانشناسی: مجموع، بازرگانی: مجموع
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Advanced Persian Dictionaryمهندسی: حاصلجمع،
کامپیوتر: مبلغ،
حقوق: مجموع،
روانشناسی: مجموع،
اقتصاد: مبلغ، حاصل جمع، روی هم، خلاصه، مختصر، حساب کردن، باهم جمع کردن، جمع کردن، مجموع، مختصر کردن، موجزکردن، خلاصه نمودن
کامپیوتر: جمع
[TahlilGaran] Persian Dictionary ▲
Synonyms & Related Wordssum[noun]Synonyms: total, aggregate, amount, tally, whole
Related Words: body,
bulk,
mass,
structure [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. sum1 S2 W2 AC /sʌm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: summe, from Latin summa, from summus 'highest']
1. MONEY an amount of money:
He owes me a large sum of money.sum of
the sum of £4,000large/substantial/considerable etc sum
Bill wants to spend a large sum on modernizing the farm.small/modest/trifling etc sum
We should be happy to buy it for a modest sum ⇒
lump sum, ⇒
princely sum at
princely(1)
2. the sum of something the total produced when you add two or more numbers or amounts together:
You will have to pay the sum of the two sets of costs.3. greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts having a quality or effectiveness as a group that you would not expect from the quality of each member:
The team is greater than the sum of its parts.4. CALCULATION a simple calculation by adding, multiplying, dividing etc, especially one done by children at school
5. do your sums informal British English to calculate whether you have enough money to do something:
Do your sums first before you decide how much to spend.6. in sum formal used before a statement that gives the main information about something in a few simple words:
In sum, soul music is important to the record industry. ⇒
sum total [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. sum2 AC verb (
past tense and past participle summed,
present participle summing)
sum up phrasal verb1. to give the main information in a report, speech etc in a short statement at the end
Synonym : summarize:
Gerald will open the debate and I will sum up.to sum up
To sum up, for a healthy heart you must take regular exercise and stop smoking.sum something ↔ up
In your final paragraph, sum up your argument.2. when a judge sums up or sums up the case at the end of a
trial, he or she explains the main facts of the case ⇒
summing-up3. sum something ↔ up to describe something using only a few words
Synonym : summarize:
The city’s problem can be summed up in three words: too many people.4. sum something ↔ up to show the most typical qualities of someone or something:
That image sums up the whole film.5. sum somebody/something ↔ up to form a judgment or opinion about someone or something
Synonym : assess:
Pat summed up the situation at a glance.6. that (about) sums it up spoken used to say that a description of a situation is correct:
‘So you want us to help you change but you don’t believe change is possible?’ ‘That about sums it up.’ [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationssum nounI. amount of money ADJ. considerable, generous, good, handsome, hefty, high, large, not inconsiderable, princely (ironic),
significant, substantial, tidy (informal) It seemed an absurdly high sum to pay for a coat. For his first book he received the princely sum of $400. The team has raised substantial sums for local charities.
astronomical, colossal, enormous, exorbitant, huge, magnificent, massive, record, staggering, vast £
200 was an astronomical sum of money in 1547. He joined the club two years ago for a record sum.
five-figure, six-figure, etc. | small, modest, nominal, reasonable, token, trifling The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises.
derisory, paltry | average | net | round $10,000 is a good round sum.
full, overall, total | agreed, fixed | undisclosed, unspecified | annual, monthly, etc. | regular | guaranteed | capital, cash, lump My wife would receive a guaranteed lump sum in the event of my death.
tax-free VERB + SUM borrow, earn, fetch, raise, recover Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy sum at today's auction. You will have to go to court to recover these sums.
get, receive | award sb, contribute, give sb, grant sb, lend sb, offer sb, pay (sb), repay The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages.
invest, spend | cost a project that cost vast sums of public money
charge (sb), fine sb | agree (on) We eventually agreed a sum and I gave him a cheque. SUM + VERB be due, be payable The landlord has the right to recover any sums payable under this lease
be equal/equivalent to sth The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings.
exceed sth PHRASES a sum of money [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
sum II. calculation ADJ. difficult, easy VERB + SUM do, find the answer to I did a quick sum to work out how much it would cost. PHRASES get your sums right/wrong The company got its sums wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
sum III. amount got by adding numbers VERB + SUM calculate, find, work out Calculate the sum of the following figures. PREP. ~ of The sum of two and five is seven. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
sum verb PHRASAL VERBS sum sth up ADV. aptly, neatly, nicely, succinctly, well | perfectly | just about ‘So we're stuck in this place, with no food, no heat, no light and no prospect of anyone coming to rescue us?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’ VERB + SUM seem to | attempt to, try to attempting to sum up recent economic trends
be difficult to, be hard to The appeal of this charming little town is hard to sum up. PREP. as She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I've ever attended’. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲