sum up Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give a summary (of)
    summarize; resume; summarise.
    • he summed up his results
    • I will now summarize
  2. verb be a summary of
    summarize; summarise; sum.
    • The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
  3. verb determine the sum of
    tot up; add up; sum; tally; tote up; tot; add; summate; total; add together.
    • Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

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