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Sum Summed Sʌm We’re Stuck Verb Bre Place

Word sum
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / sʌm / NAmE / sʌm /
Example
  • ‘so we’re stuck in this place with no food?’ ‘that just about sums it up.’
  • ‘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.’
  • her whole philosophy can be summed up as ‘so what?’.
  • she summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture i’ve ever attended’.
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sum

(verb)BrE / sʌm / NAmE / sʌm /

    Extra Examples

    • ‘So we’re stuck in this place with no food?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’
    • ‘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.’
    • Her whole philosophy can be summed up as ‘so what?’.
    • She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I’ve ever attended’.
    • The appeal of this charming little town is hard to sum up.
    • The report attempts to sum up recent economic trends.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they sum
    • he / she / it sums
    • past simple summed
    • past participle summed
    • -ing form summing

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.
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