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1. sum - noun

· a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

Synonym(s): sum_of_money, amount, amount_of_money

Hypernym(s): assets

2. sum - noun

· a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

Synonym(s): amount, total

Hypernym(s): quantity

3. sum - noun

· the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

Synonym(s): summation, sum_total

Hypernym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

4. sum - noun

· the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty

Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object

5. sum - noun

· the whole amount

Synonym(s): total, totality, aggregate

Hypernym(s): whole, unit

6. sum - noun

· a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"

Synonym(s): union, join

Hypernym(s): set

7. sum - verb

· be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

Synonym(s): summarize, summarise, sum_up

Hypernym(s): state, say, tell

8. sum - verb

· determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

Synonym(s): total, tot, tot_up, sum_up, summate, tote_up, add, add_together, tally, add_up

Hypernym(s): count, number, enumerate, numerate

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