sum

somme, montant

Une quantité d’argent.

En anglais simple : An amount of money.

• They paid a large sum for the house.
• She donated a small sum to the school.
• What sum would you be willing to spend?

Comment l'utiliser : sum of money (He borrowed a small sum of money.)

Synonymes : amount

Expressions courantes : large sum, small sum, sum of money

somme, total

Résultat obtenu en ajoutant des nombres ou des quantités.

En anglais simple : The total you get when you add numbers or amounts together.

• The sum of two and three is five.
• Calculate the sum of these numbers.
• Their combined weight equals the sum of their individual weights.

Comment l'utiliser : sum of A and B (The sum of six and four is ten.)

Synonymes : total

Expressions courantes : sum of something, total sum, calculate the sum, sum of numbers

opération, exercice de calcul

Problème avec des nombres à résoudre, souvent comme exercice scolaire.

En anglais simple : A problem involving numbers that you solve, often as a school exercise.

• This sum is easy.
• We did ten sums for homework.
• Can you help me solve this division sum?

Synonymes : calculation, math problem

Expressions courantes : do a sum, difficult sum, simple sum

résumer

Présenter brièvement les points essentiels de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To state the main points of something briefly.

• Let me sum up the main points.
• She summed up our discussion in a few sentences.
• Can you sum up what happened?

Comment l'utiliser : sum up something (He summed up the report for us.); sum something up (She summed the situation up clearly.)

Synonymes : summarize, recap

Expressions courantes : sum up something, sum something up, to sum up

additionner

Ajouter des nombres ou des quantités pour obtenir un total.

En anglais simple : To add numbers or amounts together to get a total.

• Sum the numbers in this column.
• The program summed all the costs.
• Have you summed the daily totals yet?

Synonymes : add, total

Expressions courantes : sum the values, sum the numbers, sum something together