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.
is summing
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present progressiveof sum (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Maybe that’s a little bit of the chafe that people are feeling, that no one is summing anything up for them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
The judge is summing up directly after lunch.
From First Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
Professor is summing me up—I may as well listen.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
