summed up; summing up; sums up
1
: to be the sum of : bring to a total
10 victories summed up his record
2
a
: to present or show succinctly : summarize
sum up the evidence presented
b
: to assess and then describe briefly : size up
: to present a summary or recapitulation
Examples of sum-up in a Sentence
Noun
a sum-up of the main themes of the Romantic movement
Verb
in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
But Biden, who was to try to showcase NATO’s strength in a sum-up speech Wednesday evening, was not willing to take that step, even as the United States continues to provide more weapons and ammunition than any other country to Ukraine.
—Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Youth baseball coach Dan Gallagher summed up the feeling many have about gambling on a game played by kids.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Other amenities include daily videos and photos of all your activities and a weekly sum-up video.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
But Biden, who was to try to showcase NATO’s strength in a sum-up speech Wednesday evening, was not willing to take that step, even as the United States continues to provide more weapons and ammunition than any other country to Ukraine.
—Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Verb
To sum up, highly specialized and narrowly focused solutions are gaining momentum as investors are less focused on hype and more wary of overblown valuations.
—Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Youth baseball coach Dan Gallagher summed up the feeling many have about gambling on a game played by kids.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Sum-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sum-up. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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