[sʌm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a particular amount of money
(e.g: they could not afford such a sum)

- the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts, or items
(e.g: the sum of two prime numbers)

- an arithmetical problem, especially at an elementary level
(e.g: we did sums at school, Mummy)


Phrases:
- in sum

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

[sʌm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- find the sum of (two or more amounts)
(e.g: if we sum these equations we obtain X)


Phrases:
- in sum

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