Synonyms for sum up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : suhm-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌmˌʌp

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Définition of sum up

Origin : late 13c., "quantity or amount of money," from Anglo-French and Old French summe (13c.), from Latin summa "total number, whole, essence, gist," noun use of fem. of summus "highest," from PIE *sup-mos-, from root *uper "over" (see super-).
The sense development from "highest" to "total number" is probably via the Roman custom of adding up a stack of figures from the bottom and writing the sum at the top, rather than at the bottom as we do now (cf. the bottom line). Meaning "total number of anything" is recorded from late 14c. Meaning "essence of a writing or speech" also is attested from late 14c. The verb is attested from c.1300; meaning "briefly state the substance of" (now usually with up) is first recorded 1620s. Sum-total is attested from late 14c., from Medieval Latin summa totalis.

verb form an opinion of; summarize

Example sentences :

In fact, to sum up the whole matter, we have no common sympathies.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

All the women, to sum up, agreed that she was a perfect marvel.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

But I may sum up all that I have to say in a word, and pass on.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

Then may we not sum up the argument in a word and say truly: If one is not, then nothing is?
Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato

To sum up, I recognise that I have a serious physical defect.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

I've got a hundred messages which you can sum up in 'love from all.'
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

To sum up: If you will conform to the conditions I have mentioned, I will sign the agreement.
Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce

To sum up on the origin of our domestic races of animals and plants.
Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin

Let us sum up how the various resources may be used to conserve one another.
Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory

When retired to his own apartment, Edward endeavoured to sum up the business of the day.
Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott

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