to sum up
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3.3
- phrasal verb
- /sʌm ʌp/
:
resumir
- Can I sum it up?
- sums up nicely
- well summed up
- sums up the situation
And this, this really kind of sums up my childhood.
- And this, this really kind of sums up my childhood.
- The first part can be summed up as follows.
- So listen, that can be summed up really, really simply.
- I think the whole debate can be summed up by this MSNBC report.
- So this is one last note to sum up what we're saying.
- It basically sums up both of the candidates.
- The subject, wearing a mask no less, really just kind of sums up Earth right now.
- Dutch war correspondent Luis Grandes summed up the mess.
- But that's that quote really sort of sums up a lot of interesting insights, I think.
Examples
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Now, just to sum this up in a nutshell.
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That about sums it up, doesn't it?
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And how would you sort of sum up what you see happening?
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We'll try to sum up the first part.
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So this is one last note to sum up what we're saying.
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You want me to sum it up for you?
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In that case, let me sum it up for you real quick.
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Frank, let me sum this up for you.
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OK, so let me sum up what we've done so far.
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To help you understand, let me sum up the main ideas of the lecture.
Synonyms
148
3.3
To give the main points of something
90
3.0
Present the main points of a text in a short, clear way
38
3.4
To briefly repeat the main points
18
6.1
Express the main idea in a few words
1
6.4
To give a short summary of the main points
1
8.2
To put ideas or information into a short summary
To make a short summary of a text or speech
Antonyms
How Concise
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb meaning 'to find the total' is directly derivable from 'sum' (total/add) combined with the particle 'up' which commonly signals aggregation or completion; this compositional pattern is regular in English and found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning. Even the related sense 'to summarize' is similarly built from 'sum' (main point/total) + 'up' (bring together), so the expression is broadly transparent.
Etymology
Sum up comes from the idea of sum (to add) and up (into one place): imagine putting many points into one small box to make a short result. That's why it means 'to summarize'.