Word Meanings - SUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. Macaulay. A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. Gladstone. A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. Dickens.

Additional info about word: SUM

A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. Macaulay. A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. Gladstone. A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. Dickens. Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5. -- In sum, in short; in brief. "In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin." Rogers. (more info) fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See Sub-, and cf. 1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12. Take ye the sum of all the congregation. Num. i. 2. Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things. 2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. "The sum of forty pound." Chaucer. With a great sum obtained I this freedom. Acts xxii. 28. 3. The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections. 4. Height; completion; utmost degree. Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SUM)

• Aggregate
• Aggregation
• Sum
• result
• total
• mass
• whole
• totality
• collection
• amount
• collation
• combination
• Amount
• Total
• aggregate
• sum
• quantity
• equality
• Collect
• Collate
• gather
• glean
• infer
• learn
• congregate
• assemble
• convoke
• convene
• muster
• amass
• garner
• accumulate
• Count
• Compute
• reckon
• enumerate
• estimate
• number
• calculate
• Integrate
• complete
• solidity
• consolidate
• incorporate
• unite
• combine
• mix
• blend

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SUM)

• Fall
• recede
• relapse
• decline
• fail
• Dismiss
• disperse
• relegate
• remit
• disband
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to SUM)

• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• COLLECTIVENESS
  A state of union; mass.
• COLLECTEDLY
  Composedly; coolly.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• COUNTABLE
  Capable of being numbered.
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• COUNTERJUMPER
  A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
• RECKON
  reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• NUMBERFUL
  Numerous.
• INFERNALLY
  In an infernal manner; diabolically. "Infernally false." Bp. Hacket.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• DECOLLATED
  Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.
• SUPREMITY
  Supremacy. Fuller.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.