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sum up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb sum up has 3 senses
- sum up(v = verb.communication) resume, summarise, summarize - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" is one way to ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
- sum up(v = verb.stative) sum, summarise, summarize - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" is one way to say, state, tell
- sum up(v = verb.communication) add, add together, add up, sum, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" is one way to count, enumerate, number, numerate
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THESAURUS
sum up
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, add up, battologize, bob, boil down, capsulize, cast up, cipher up, clip, compress, condense, contract, count up, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, detail, digest, dock, elide, epitomize, figure up, fill, foot up, foreshorten, give an encore, go over, go through, inventory, itemize, iterate, mow, nip, nutshell, pad, poll, pollard, practice, prune, reaffirm, reap, reassert, recap, recapitulate, recite, reckon up, recount, reduce, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, retrench, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again, score up, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, take in, tally up, tautologize, telescope, tot up, total, total up, tote up, trim, truncateROGET THESAURUS
sum up
Description
VB describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.Compendium
VB abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract, recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up, abbreviate, condense, compile.Numeration
VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.
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