SUM UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sum up mean? 

• SUM UP (verb)
  The verb SUM UP has 3 senses:

1. give a summary (of)

2. be a summary of

3. determine the sum of

  Familiarity information: SUM UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUM UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a summary (of)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize

Context example:

I will now summarize

Hypernyms (to "sum up" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Verb group:

sum; sum up; summarise; summarize (be a summary of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sum up"):

abstract (give an abstract (of))

precis (make a summary (of))

docket (make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list)

recap; recapitulate (summarize briefly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be a summary of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

sum; sum up; summarise; summarize

Context example:

The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper

Hypernyms (to "sum up" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Verb group:

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Determine the sum of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up

Context example:

Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

Hypernyms (to "sum up" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Verb group:

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

But in the detail which he gave you of them he could not sum up the hours and months of misery which I endured wasting in impotent passions.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I will sum up the problems that Cancers who are not happy, as well as those who are thinking of leaving either an important business or serious romantic relationship.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

White Fang, seeming to sum up strength in all his qualities, nevertheless suffered from one besetting weakness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)