Sum Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- 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.
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Meaning 2
Give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- 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.