sum

1. (noun) the whole
Synonyms: aggregate, total, totality
Related Words: unit, whole, whole thing

2. (noun) a quantity obtained by addition
Synonyms: amount, total
Related Words: polynomial, quantity

3. (noun) the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
Synonyms: sum total
Related Words: accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, collection, congeries, conglomeration

4. (noun) a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
Synonyms: amount, amount of money, sum of money
Related Words: advance, asset, cash advance, contribution, deductible, figure, gain, loss, payroll, paysheet, purse

5. (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"
Synonyms: join, union
Related Words: direct sum, set

6. (verb) determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up
Related Words: count, enumerate, number

7. (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"
Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance
Related Words: cognitive content, content, hypostasis, mental object, quintessence, stuff



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