Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sum up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: sum up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce a total by adding.

verb

Example Sentences

"We summed up the donations and found that we had just enough to pay the bills."
"So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible."
"To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain."
"Best came close to getting on the end of Barton's cross but he was inches away from connecting. It was an incident that summed up Newcastle's afternoon."

Inflected Forms

sums up (present, singular) summing up (participle, present) summed up (participle, past) summed up (past)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does sum up mean?: To produce a total by adding.

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