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verb + sum : invest, pay, spend; borrow, owe; raise, receive SYNONYMS sum NOUN

1

amount:He needs that amount of money to survive.

quantity:…a small quantity of water.

volume:Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced.

3

total:The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.

aggregate:…society viewed as an aggregate of individuals.

tally:The final tally was 817 votes for her and 731 for Mr Lee.

sum|ma|rize /sʌ məra I z/ (summarizes , summarizing , summarized ) in BRIT, also use summarise VERB If you summarize something, you give a summary of it. □ [V n] Table 3.1 summarizes the information given above. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Basically, the article can be summarized in three sentences. □ [V ] To summarise, this is a clever approach to a common problem. [Also V with quote]

sum|mary /sʌ məri/ (summaries )

1 N‑COUNT A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details. □ [+ of ] What follows is a brief summary of the process. □ [+ of ] Here's a summary of the day's news. ● PHRASE You use in summary to indicate that what you are about to say is a summary of what has just been said. □  In summary, it is my opinion that this complete treatment process was very successful.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Summary actions are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead. [FORMAL ] □  It says torture and summary execution are common.

sum|mat /sʌ mət/ Summat is a British dialect form of the word 'something'. □  Are we going to write a story or summat?

sum|ma|tion /sʌme I ʃ ^ə n/ (summations ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A summation is a summary of what someone has said or done. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Her introduction is a model of fairness, a lively summation of Irish history.

sum|mer ◆◆◇ /sʌ mə ^r / (summers )

1 N‑VAR Summer is the season between spring and autumn when the weather is usually warm or hot. □  In summer I like to go sailing in Long Island. □  I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork. □  It was a perfect summer's day. □  …in the summer of 1987. □  …the summer holidays. □  He used to spend childhood summers with his grandparents.

2 → see also high summer , Indian summer

su m|mer camp (summer camps ) N‑COUNT In the United States, a summer camp is a place in the country where parents can pay to send their children during the school summer holidays. The children staying there can take part in many outdoor and social activities.

su m|mer house (summer houses ) also summerhouse

1 N‑COUNT A summer house is a small building in a garden. It contains seats, and people can sit there in the summer.

2 N‑COUNT Someone's summer house is a house in the country or by the sea where they spend the summer. □  He visited relatives at their summer house on the river.

su m|mer school (summer schools )

1 N‑VAR A summer school is an educational course on a particular subject that is run during the summer. The students usually stay at the place where the summer school is being held. [mainly BRIT ] □  …a summer school for young professional singers.

2 N‑VAR Summer school is a summer term at a school, college, or university, for example for students who need extra teaching or who want to take extra courses. [mainly AM ]

su m|mer time also summertime

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft the N ] Summer time is the period of time during which the summer lasts. □  It's a very beautiful place in the summertime.