Sum End Lecture Summed Main Sth Essay Meaning

Meaning: If you sum up something, you give a quick summary of it.

• sum up At the end of his lecture, Professor Essberger summed up by repeating some of his main points.
  
  
• sum sth up After he'd summed his ideas up, the speaker said he could answer some questions.
  
  
• sum up sth At the end of your essay, sum up your main argument.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with sum up: lecture, talk, proposal, idea, essay, argument, viewpoint