sum
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(noun) the whole |
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Synonyms: aggregate, total, totality |
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Related Words: unit, whole, whole thing |
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(noun) a quantity obtained by addition |
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Synonyms: amount, total |
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Related Words: polynomial, quantity |
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(noun) the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" |
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Synonyms: sum total |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, collection, congeries, conglomeration |
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(noun) a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
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Synonyms: amount, amount of money, sum of money |
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Related Words: advance, asset, cash advance, contribution, deductible, figure, gain, loss, payroll, paysheet, purse |
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(noun) a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" |
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Synonyms: join, union |
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Related Words: direct sum, set |
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(verb) determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" |
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Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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Related Words: count, enumerate, number |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" |
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Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, hypostasis, mental object, quintessence, stuff |
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