1. 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.
2. a particular aggregate or total, especially with reference to money: The expenses came to an enormous sum.
3. an indefinite amount or quantity, especially of money: to lend small sums.
4. a series of numbers or quantities to be added up.
5. an arithmetical problem to be solved, or such a problem worked out and having the various steps shown.
6. the full amount, or the whole.
7. the substance or gist of a matter, comprehensively or broadly viewed or expressed: the sum of his opinions.
8. concise or brief form: in sum.
9. Mathematics.
• the limit of the sequence of partial sums of a given infinite series.
• union (def. 10a).
10. a summary.

11. to combine into an aggregate or total (often followed by up).
12. to ascertain the sum of, as by addition.
13. to bring into or contain in a small compass (often followed by up).

14. to amount (usually followed by to or into): Their expenses summed into the thousands.

15. sum up,
• to reckon: We summed up our assets and liabilities.
• to bring into or contain in a brief and comprehensive statement; summarize: to sum up the case for the prosecution.
• to form a quick estimate of: I summed him up in a minute.

1. surface-to-underwater missile.

1. variant of sub- before m: summon.

• the result of the addition of numbers, quantities, objects, etc
• the cardinality of the union of disjoint sets whose cardinalities are the given numbers
2. one or more columns or rows of numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided
3. the limit of a series of sums of the first n terms of a converging infinite series as n tends to infinity
4. (plural) another name for number work
5. a quantity, esp of money
6. the essence or gist of a matter (esp in the phrases in sum, in sum and substance)
7. a less common word for summary
8. the summit or maximum
9. complete or final (esp in the phrase sum total)

10. to add or form a total of (something)
11. to calculate the sum of (the terms in a sequence)

1. the standard monetary unit of Uzbekistan, divided into 100 tiyin

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