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Sum Up (Verb)

Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

To sum up the population of the entire region, we need to add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town.
The accountant will sum up the total cost of the project by adding all the expenses and revenues.
We can sum up the number of students in the school by combining the enrollment numbers of each grade level.
To sum up the total distance traveled, simply add up the miles driven each day of the trip.
The researcher will sum up the results of the survey by adding the responses from all the participants.

Give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The professor will sum up the key points of the lecture at the end of the class.
To sum up the project, we spent three months researching and two months implementing the solution.
She summed up her argument by stating that climate change is a pressing global issue.
The manager will sum up the quarterly sales report and present it to the board of directors.
The author summed up the plot of the novel in the final chapter, tying together all the loose ends.