SUMMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summate mean? 

• SUMMATE (verb)
  The verb SUMMATE has 2 senses:

1. determine the sum of

2. form or constitute a cumulative effect

  Familiarity information: SUMMATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they summate    ... he / she / it summates   
Past simple: summated   
Past participle: summated   
-ing form: summating   

Sense 1

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 "summate" 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

Derivation:

sum (the whole amount)

sum (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)

sum (the final aggregate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Form or constitute a cumulative effect

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "summate" is one way to...):

combine (join for a common purpose or in a common action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)

sum (the final aggregate)