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sum¹
- /sʌm/ UK, US
- /sʊm/ Northern England
Sounds like some · Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).
noun sums
- A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation. The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
- An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition). We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
- A quantity of money. a tidy sum
- A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance. This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
- A central idea or point; gist.
- The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept). Thus I have told thee all my State, and brought / My Storie to the ſum of earthly bliſs[…]
- An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter. The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
verb sums · summing · summed
- To add together. when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.
- To give a summary of.
sum²
- /sʌm/ UK, US
- /sʊm/ Northern England
Sounds like some · Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Kazakh сом (som), Kyrgyz сом (som), Uyghur سوم (som), and Uzbek soʻm, all of which have the core signification “pure”, used in elliptical reference to historical coins of pure gold.
noun sums · sumy · som · soum
- The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
- The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
sum³
- /sʌm/ UK, US
- /sʊm/ Northern England
Sounds like some · Rhymes with -ʌm
determiner
- Eye dialect spelling of some.some Females can smell when they nigga doing sum sneaky shit 😂
pronoun
- Pronunciation spelling of something.something Tony hawk such a fire name bro was bound to do sum cool
sum⁴
- /sʌm/ UK, US
- /sʊm/ Northern England
Sounds like some · Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
From Mongolian сум (sum), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
noun sums · somon · sumon · sumu
- A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.
Sum⁵
Where it comes from
* As a Chinese surname:
** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen.
** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen.
** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin.
* As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above.
* As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum.
* As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).
proper noun Sums
- A surname.
