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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

sum

/sʌm/

noun1 of 2

amount when all is added together; total

  • “She deposited a large sum of money in the bank.”Tatoeba
  • “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To add together.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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