sum up meaning and definition

SUM UP verb

Definition of sum up (verb)

1. give a summary (of)
   • "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
   • synonyms: resume, summarise, summarize
2. be a summary of
   • "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
   • synonyms: sum, summarise, summarize
3. determine the sum of
   • "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
   • synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up