sum

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 See also 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Faroese 2.1 Conjunction 2.2 Particle 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Icelandic 3.1 Adjective 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Verb 4.3.1 Inflection 4.3.2 Derived terms 4.3.3 Descendants 5 Old English 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronoun 5.2.1 Descendants 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Shabo 7.1 Verb 8 Slovene 8.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: sŭm, IPA: /sʌm/, SAMPA: /sVm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌm
• Homophones: some

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English summe, from Old French, from Latin summa, feminine of summus (“‘highest’”).

[edit] Noun

sum (plural sums)

1. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

   The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.

2. (arithmetic) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition.)
3. A quantity of money.
4. A summary.
5. A central idea or point.
6. The utmost degree.
7. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207:

     The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.

[edit] Synonyms

• (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation): amount, sum total, summation, total, totality
• (arithmetic computation): calculation, computation
• (quantity of money): amount, quantity of money, sum of money
• (summary): See summary
• (central idea or point): center/centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nitty-gritty, pith substance
• (utmost degree): See summit
• (obsolete: old English measure of corn): quarter

[edit] Derived terms

• a tidy sum
• checksum

[edit] Related terms

• summand
• summary
• summation
• summative

[edit] See also

• addition: (augend) + (addend) = (sum)

[edit] Translations

• Latin: summa, -ae f.
• Telugu: మొత్తం (mottaM)
• Telugu: కూడిక (kUDika)
• Telugu: లెక్క (lekka)

[edit] Verb

to sum (third-person singular simple present sums, present participle summing, simple past and past participle summed)

1. (transitive) To add together.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 250b.

     when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.

2. (transitive) To give a summary of.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to add together): add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up
• (to give a summary of): See summarize

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Uzbek.

[edit] Noun

sum

1. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
2. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• sum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• sum at OneLook® Dictionary Search

---

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Conjunction

sum

1. like, as
2. when, as

[edit] Particle

sum (relative particle)

1. that, who, which

[edit] Synonyms

• ið

---

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Adjective

sum

1. the feminine nominative singular of sumur (“‘some’”)
2. the neuter nominative plural of sumur (“‘some’”)
3. the neuter accusative plural of sumur (“‘some’”)

   Ég þekkti sum barnanna.

   I knew some of the children.

---

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“‘I am, I exist’”). Cognates include Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimi), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi), Old English eom (English am).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /sum/
•  Audio (Classical)^{help, file}

[edit] Verb

present active sum, present infinitive esse, perfect active fuī, future participle futūrus. (irregular)

1. I am, exist.
   • René Descartes

     Cogito, ergo sum.

     I think, therefore I am.

   • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here, a parsed version is here)

     O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.

     O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? In what city are we living? What is the government we have?

   Sum sine regno

   I am without a kingdom.

   Sic sum ut vides.

   Thus I am as you see.

   Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.

   He said that two things had abashed him.

   Civis Romanus sum.

   I am a Roman citizen.

[edit] Inflection

Irregular conjugation.

[edit] Derived terms

absum adsum dēsum īnsum intersum quid tibi est? quid est? quid est nōmen tibi?

mihi nōmen est obsum possum praesum prōsum subsum sum ubi supersum unde es?

[edit] Descendants

Catalan: ser English: essence, future, in esse, quintessence French: être (estre > essere > esse) Galician: ser Interlingua: esser, ser

Italian: essere Novial: es Occitan: èsser Portuguese: ser Spanish: ser

---

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sumaz, whence also Old High German sum, Old Norse sumr

[edit] Pronoun

sum n.

1. some

[edit] Descendants

• English: some

---

[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /sum/

[edit] Noun

sum m.

1. (fish) European catfish

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sum	sumy
Genitive	suma	sumów
Dative	sumowi	sumom
Accusative	suma	sumy
Instrumental	sumem	sumami
Locative	sumie	sumach
Vocative	sumie	sumy

---

[edit] Shabo

[edit] Verb

sum

1. say

---

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Noun

sum m.

1. suspicion, mistrust