summing up : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: summing up	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for summing up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
summing up n a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) Synonym(s): summation, summing up, rundown
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.] 1. 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. The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon. 2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. [bd]Go to the ant, thou sluggard,[b8] in few words sums up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange. He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden. 3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton. {Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r[82]sum[82]; a summary. Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute.