Plural of sum
regular plural
The plural of sum is sums.
Forms of sum
| Singular | sum /sʌm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sums /sʌmz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Plural of sum by meaning
- a quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.: sums
- the basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.: sums or sumy
Sums in a sentence
- We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
- ‘But enough of doing sums for to-day, and what about that procession?’ ‘I’m on,’ said Egbert.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11
- Emily got three of the sums wrong in her maths test.From the entry get wrong
- Most people got away with Napster piracy, but a few people were sued for gigantic sums because copyright holders intended to make an example of them.From the entry make an example of
- Yet it is hard to hand out enormous sums without turning poor countries into miniature command economies.2025 March 6, “Aiding and abetting”, in The Economist (Finance & economics section), London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry command economy
Meaning of sum
- noun A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- noun An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
- noun A quantity of money.
Questions about the plural of sum
- What is the plural of sum?
- The plural of sum is sums.
- Is sum countable?
- Sum is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sum (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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