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summational

summational

8.4
Relating to adding things together
  • adjective
  • /ˌsʌməˈneɪʃənl/
translation icon : sumativo
  • The teacher encouraged students to write a summational essay that would combine their findings from the entire semester.

Examples

  • In her report, she included a summational analysis of the data collected throughout the year.

  • The final chapter of the book offers a summational overview of the main themes discussed in earlier chapters.

  • Particularly important are "summational statements" (Said 1979, 255), commentaries that aim to extrapolate broadly southern characteristics from particular local experiences or anecdotes.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

additive
vssummational
  • Specialized
2 4.5

Made by adding parts together rather than by multiplying them

is the outcome produced by adding amounts together
summative
vssummational
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Showing the final level of learning or achievement

is about being produced by adding rather than serving to assess results
totalizing
vssummational
  • US
7.0

Adding separate amounts to show the total

is the result produced when amounts are added together

Antonyms

individual
847 3.0

Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style

to separate
297 1.9

To break into parts or pieces

Surface Forms

summational positive

Morphology

summational = summation (transparent) = sum + ation + al

The adjective is formed regularly from 'summation' with the suffix '-al', and the meaning is directly predictable from that base.

Etymology

Summational comes from summation, which is built on the common word sum, meaning 'total' or 'the result of adding'. So something summational is made by putting parts together and adding them up to make the whole.