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شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: sum (sth/sb) up [ M ] to describe or express the important facts or characteristics about something or someone • The best way of summing up the situation in our office is to say that it is 'absolute chaos'. • I'd just like to sum up by saying that it's been a tremendous pleasure to work with you. • He's a small man with a big ego - that about sums him up, doesn't it?, sum sth/sb up [ M ] 1. An action or object which sums something or someone up represents the most typical qualities of that person or thing • For me, her paintings sum up the restless spirit of America., sum sth/sb up [ M ] 2. to quickly form an opinion about someone or something • She summed up the situation quickly and took charge.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

2 general:: sum phrases a sum of money • We urge people not to keep large sums of money in their houses. adjectives a large/considerable/substantial sum • He lost a substantial sum of money on the deal. a huge/enormous/vast sum • The company has invested huge sums in research. a five-figure/six-figure/seven-figure etc sum (= an amount in the ten thousands, hundred thousands etc ) • The newspaper paid a six-figure sum for the photograph of the princess. a small sum • Each year the inhabitants had to pay a small sum for the use of the pasture. a modest sum (= not a very big amount of money ) • She had paid a modest sum for the paintings. an undisclosed sum (= an amount that is being kept secret ) • He sold the company for an undisclosed sum. a tidy sum informal (= a large amount of money ) • I had managed to save a tidy sum. the total sum • The total sum lost is believed to be around £2 million. the princely sum of ... (= a large amount – often used humorously to mean a small amount ) • They were surviving on the princely sum of £50 a week. • For the princely sum of $8 million you too could live in a mansion like this.

transnet.ir

3 general::   verb PHRASAL VERBS sum sth up ADV. aptly, neatly, nicely, succinctly, well | perfectly | just about ‘So we're stuck in this place, with no food, no heat, no light and no prospect of anyone coming to rescue us?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’ VERB + SUM seem to | attempt to, try to attempting to sum up recent economic trends | be difficult to, be hard to The appeal of this charming little town is hard to sum up. PREP. as She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I've ever attended’.,   noun amount of money ADJ. considerable, generous, good, handsome, hefty, high, large, not inconsiderable, princely (ironic), significant, substantial, tidy (informal) It seemed an absurdly high sum to pay for a coat. For his first book he received the princely sum of $400. The team has raised substantial sums for local charities. | astronomical, colossal, enormous, exorbitant, huge, magnificent, massive, record, staggering, vast £200 was an astronomical sum of money in 1547. He joined the club two years ago for a record sum. | five-figure, six-figure, etc. | small, modest, nominal, reasonable, token, trifling The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises. | derisory, paltry | average | net | round $10,000 is a good round sum. | full, overall, total | agreed, fixed | undisclosed, unspecified | annual, monthly, etc. | regular | guaranteed | capital, cash, lump My wife would receive a guaranteed lump sum in the event of my death. | tax-free VERB + SUM borrow, earn, fetch, raise, recover Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy sum at today's auction. You will have to go to court to recover these sums. | get, receive | award sb, contribute, give sb, grant sb, lend sb, offer sb, pay (sb), repay The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages. | invest, spend | cost a project that cost vast sums of public money | charge (sb), fine sb | agree (on) We eventually agreed a sum and I gave him a cheque. SUM + VERB be due, be payable The landlord has the right to recover any sums payable under this lease | be equal/equivalent to sth The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. | exceed sth PHRASES a sum of money calculation ADJ. difficult, easy VERB + SUM do, find the answer to I did a quick sum to work out how much it would cost. PHRASES get your sums right/wrong The company got its sums wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract. amount got by adding numbers VERB + SUM calculate, find, work out Calculate the sum of the following figures. PREP. ~ of The sum of two and five is seven.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: noun total: The sum of two and three is five. noun whole: It is the sum of the knowledge.

Simple Definitions