sum-up

or sum·up

[ suhm-uhp ]

/ ˈsʌmˌʌp /

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noun

the act or result of summing up; summary.

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Origin of sum-up

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase sum up

Words nearby sum-up

sumptuary law, sumptuous, Sumter, Sumter, Fort, sum total, sum-up, Sumy, sun, sun-and-planet gear, sun animalcule, sunback

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How to use sum-up in a sentence

In wisely sidestepping the hubristic folly of trying to sum up his own time, he achieved a sort of timelessness.
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But challenges remain, and it took a 9-year-old girl in the panel discussion audience to sum up what the next generation faces.
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That seems to sum up the choices we face after tragedy in this new social-media world.
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But with the world watching Monday, he will get a second chance to sum up this era and his administration.
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John McCormarck also wonders if there is a real story here: To sum up: neither Grenell nor Romney camp claims he was pushed out.
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What a masterly grouping of the events and personages which sum up and symbolise the whole essential history of the human race!
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His portraits are just, and he leaves his reader to sum up the qualities of each.
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To sum up, then, the claims of the Government during the past year on the continued confidence of the nation.
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"The killed, wounded, and missing sum up a frightful total," the banker admitted.
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He did so many little things just when they seemed to be so needed, that it is impossible to sum up their results.
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British Dictionary definitions for sum-up

sum up

verb (adverb)

to summarize (feelings, the main points of an argument, etc)the judge began to sum up

(tr) to form a quick opinion ofI summed him up in five minutes

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