sum

noun

1. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

   “The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.”

   “Take yee the ſumme of all the Congregation of the children of Iſrael,[…]”

   “"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing."”

2. (often, plural)An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

   “We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.”

   “[…] a large sheet of paper […] covered with long sums […]”

   “"I think it was a disgraceful performance from a captain that got his sums wrong today, and I think it should never be permitted to happen again."”

3. A quantity of money.

   “a tidy sum”

   “the sum of forty pounds”

   “[…]With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome.”

   “Merchant Opold: This one promised compensation for services rendered. It humbly suggests that a sum of 250 credits would be most appropriate. Shepard: Would you have had any chance of getting this past customs without me? You can be a bit more generous. Merchant Opold: The other's words possess the discomforting ring of truth. Merchant Opold: This one could raise the sum to 500 credits. That is half this one's profit taken by the other. It can offer no more.”

4. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.

   “This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.”

   “This is the sum and substance of his objections.”

5. A central idea or point; gist.
6. (literary, rare)The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).

   “Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…]”

   “Our wisdom and skill cannot save us from accidents, pains, and from that sum of all fears and distresses—death.”

7. (obsolete)An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.

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

8. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
9. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
10. A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.

verb

1. (transitive)To add together.

   “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.

det

1. (Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Eye dialect spelling of some.

   “Females can smell when they nigga doing sum sneaky shit 😂”

pron

1. (Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of something.

   “Tony hawk such a fire name bro was bound to do sum cool”

   “we got a lil sum goin on over here”

   “21 went a lil sum like this🎈”

   “It's good to have a man but that ain't sum I need”

   “ion like no ngga that make me repeat myself , why tf you steady doing sum ion like”

name

1. A surname.