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sum up
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Princeton's WordNet
summary, sum-upverb
a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
"he gave a summary of the conclusions"
sum up, summarize, summarise, resumeverb
give a summary (of)
"he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
summarize, summarise, sum, sum upverb
be a summary of
"The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add upverb
determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Wiktionary
sum upverb
to summarize
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sum up
To sum up generally means to give a brief description or recap of something, often used to provide a summary or a succinct overview of points previously mentioned or discussed. It can also refer to the act of calculating the total of a collection of numbers or items.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sum up in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sum up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of sum up in a Sentence
Even after two Supreme Court verdicts and a presidential election, they are still fighting to take us backwards, i think we can sum up the message from the Court and the American people: 'Move on.'.
Eleven years of solitary confinement and isolation in ten different prisons has been an experience too profound to sum up in a few words here and now, in time, I look forward to sharing reflections on my experience to help inform others.
You can sum up Don Keough's life in three words: Everybody loved him.
It's hard to sum up, it's something that's made my life worse, made my life terrible. I wish I had never started it.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.
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