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
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Examples of sum-up in a Sentence
Verb
in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact
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Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Radar is a weekly sum-up of things to see and do at Orlando’s theme parks and attractions.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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Noun
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
Radar is a weekly sum-up of things to see and do at Orlando’s theme parks and attractions.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Sum-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sum-up. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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