sum
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1.0
- noun
- /sʌm/
:
suma
- Total fringe benefits divided by the sum of total salaries and wages.
- compute the sum
- sum of scores
- sum of squares
So basically this is all about the sums of three cubes.
- So basically this is all about the sums of three cubes.
- OK, The mass is the sum of all the particles that comprise Chuck.
Examples
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When you add 4 and 5, the sum is 9.
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The sum of the square roots of two sides of an isosceles triangle... ...is equal to the square root of the remaining side.
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It's the net sum of what actually is going on.
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I did the sum in my head.
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But I can do the sum.
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The sum of 3 and 41, 44.
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The total number of coaching jobs was the sum of head and assistant coaching positions.
Academic text (2008) -
For example, 18 can be expressed as the sum of the two primes 7 and 11.
Fiction book (1998) -
The participants' SICSPAN score was the sum of all words recalled in the correct position.
Academic text (2012) -
The R-CBM score is the sum of the number of words read correctly in the 1-minute period.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
A quantity of something, often money or goods
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1.0
The whole amount you get when you add numbers together
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1.1
The total money people use, need, or have for a certain purpose
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1.0
A total amount of money
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2.7
The final amount after adding and subtracting everything
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8.6
A total made by adding numbers one after another
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5.8
The total amount formed by adding several separate parts
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3.3
The whole amount you get after you add all parts
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4.8
The total you get when you add things together
A summary that adds together smaller numbers from different parts
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts
- Specialized
A way of joining two sets or spaces so each new item has one part from each
- Specialized
Original amount of money someone lends or invests that people pay interest on
- Specialized
The result of adding two or more arrows that show direction and size, such as forces and movements
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sum comes from the Latin summa 'total' or 'highest', the same root as English summit. Think of adding numbers as climbing to the top — the sum is the final total.