summing-up

noun

sum·​ming-up ˌsə-miŋ-ˈəp 

plural summings-up ˌsə-miŋz-ˈəp 

: the act or statement of one who sums up

Synonyms of summing-up

• summary

Examples of summing-up in a Sentence

there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up?

Recent Examples on the Web

Directed by Rebecca Miller, wife of occasional Scorsese collaborator Daniel Day-Lewis, the series is a worthy summing-up of one of the great careers in cinematic history. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025

Not every documentarian’s first-person contributions enrich the proceedings, but here the quest hits all the right notes, and the gathering of voices feels like a place to begin rather than a mere summing-up. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025

Maurice Drake, the judge in his trial, also presided over the Bridgewater case, in which he was accused of misdirecting the jury with a biased summing-up. — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024

What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for summing-up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup

Legal Definition

summing-up

noun

sum·​ming-up

: closing argument