Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [suhm uhp]
- /sʌm ʌp/
- /sʌm ʌp/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [suhm uhp]
- /sʌm ʌp/
Definitions of sum up words
- noun sum up the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition: The sum of 6 and 8 is 14. 1
- noun sum up a particular aggregate or total, especially with reference to money: The expenses came to an enormous sum. 1
- noun sum up an indefinite amount or quantity, especially of money: to lend small sums. 1
- noun sum up a series of numbers or quantities to be added up. 1
- noun sum up an arithmetical problem to be solved, or such a problem worked out and having the various steps shown. 1
- noun sum up the full amount, or the whole. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of sum up
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; noun use of verb phrase sum up
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sum up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sum up popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sum up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sum up
verb sum up
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.