sum
noun
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition.
had summed
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past perfectof sum.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Alex said the moment had summed up his daughter's unstoppable nature perfectly.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In the Atlanta Jewish Times, meanwhile, a rabbi recalled how one clearly weary Jewish doctor in Greene’s district had summed up their experience.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2021
Months earlier, she had summed up the couple’s long but triumphant journey in a picture posted on Instagram: “Thirty-six years later, it IS possible to get out of the friend zone, y’all,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
Rowson had summed up precisely the way I felt after losing the Asda game.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 14, 2016
Noah, the foaling groom at Claiborne, had summed it up about as well as anyone when he pulled Seabiscuit into the world: “Runty little thing.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
