I would like to sum this lecture up by listing the main points I have covered.
•It is time for me to sum up.
•She summed up the president's speech in three sentences.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
sum something up — … Useful english dictionary
sum — ▪ I. sum sum 1 [sʌm] noun [countable] 1. an amount of money: • Large sums of money are spent on advertising campaigns. • The company was sold for a sum estimated at $2.3 billion. ˌcapital ˈsum 1 … Financial and business terms
sum up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you sum something up, you describe it as briefly as possible. [V P n (not pron)] One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood Politicians have lost credibility, he complained... [V n P] Obree summed his weekend up in one word:… … English dictionary
something — /sum thing /, pron. 1. some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing: Something is wrong there. Something s happening. 2. an additional amount, as of cents or minutes, that is unknown, unspecified, or forgotten: He charged me ten… … Universalium
sum — [sum; ] for n. 6 [ so͞om] n. [ME somme < MFr < L summa, fem. of summus, highest, superl. < base of super: see SUPER ] 1. an amount of money [a sum paid in reparation] 2. the whole amount; totality; aggregate [the sum of our experience] 3 … English World dictionary
sum up something — sum up (something) to give a brief but complete statement. The last paragraph should sum up the main points of your argument. He s a small man with a big ego that about sums him up. To sum up, Eleanor has promised to revise the designs, and… … New idioms dictionary
sum of its parts — see ↑sum, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑part sum of its parts ◇ Something that is greater/better/more than the sum of its parts is better or more effective as a team, combination, etc., than you would expect it to be when you look at the different parts… … Useful english dictionary
sum total — UK US noun [S] ► the whole of something after all the different features or parts that it consists of are taken into account: the sum total of sth »GDP can be defined as the sum total of the goods and services produced nationally. ► a total… … Financial and business terms
something — [sum′thiŋ] pron. 1. a thing that is not definitely known, understood, or identified; some undetermined thing [something went wrong] 2. some thing or things, definite but unspecified [have something to eat] 3. a bit; a little [something over an… … English World dictionary
sum up — (something) to give a brief but complete statement. The last paragraph should sum up the main points of your argument. He s a small man with a big ego that about sums him up. To sum up, Eleanor has promised to revise the designs, and Bernard will … New idioms dictionary
sum total, the — noun the whole amount of something, especially when it is not very much: She asked me if I was well, and that was the sum total of our conversation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
