The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate, The whole; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance, Height; completion; utmost degree, verb_ determine the sum of, transitive verb_ To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up, To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r‚sum‚; a summar