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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Kalo tried to sum up what went wrong with Israeli security.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Matthews, refreshingly honest, summed up the dilemma to Variety before the ceremony began, perhaps anticipating some disturbance to his monologue.
—Michael Appler, Variety, 12 May 2024
Logan Webb took a moment to collect his thoughts, decided on his word choice, and found the perfect phase to sum up the Giants’ recent play.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
In reflecting on her decades in the spotlight, Goldberg sums up her life simply.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
As a small open economy, the U.K. has also been more vulnerable than the EU to a flight of capital following market shocks, as summed up by the currency hammering budget of September 2022.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024
And that about sums up the whole point of this column.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
With fewer than half of the Central Exhibition artists presently breathing, the national pavilions have double the usual pressure to sum up the state of contemporary art.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
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
Verb
That sums up the paradox of her life in one line — a shy weirdo kid who became a mega-pop star too fast, a romantic who’s never had the luxury of a private love life, a target for misogyny since her mid-teens.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Kalo tried to sum up what went wrong with Israeli security.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Matthews, refreshingly honest, summed up the dilemma to Variety before the ceremony began, perhaps anticipating some disturbance to his monologue.
—Michael Appler, Variety, 12 May 2024
Logan Webb took a moment to collect his thoughts, decided on his word choice, and found the perfect phase to sum up the Giants’ recent play.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
In reflecting on her decades in the spotlight, Goldberg sums up her life simply.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
As a small open economy, the U.K. has also been more vulnerable than the EU to a flight of capital following market shocks, as summed up by the currency hammering budget of September 2022.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024
And that about sums up the whole point of this column.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
With fewer than half of the Central Exhibition artists presently breathing, the national pavilions have double the usual pressure to sum up the state of contemporary art.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
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“Sum-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sum-up. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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