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summing

summing is the present participle and gerund of sum.

summing is the alternative form of something.

Meaning of sum

Verb

sum (third-person singular simple present sums, present participle summing, simple past and past participle summed)

  1. (transitive) To add together.
    • when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 250b
    Synonyms:
    add, add together, add up, cast, count up, foot up, reckon up, sum up, summate, tally
  2. (transitive) To give a summary of.
    Synonyms:
    sum up, summarize

See all 13 meanings of sum

Meaning of something

Pronoun

something (indefinite pronoun)

  1. (indefinite, pronoun) An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
    • I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
    Synonyms:
    sth
  2. (colloquial, indefinite, pronoun) A quality to a moderate degree.
    • The performance was something of a disappointment.
  3. (colloquial, indefinite, pronoun) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
    • She has a certain something.
    Synonyms:
    je ne sais quoi
  4. (colloquial, indefinite, often, pronoun) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
    • He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.

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Noun

summing (plural summings)

  1. The act or result of addition; a sum.
    • In this manner each page [of accounts] is summed up, and […] the amount of the last page of all, as comprehending all the particular summings of the preceding pages, is to be considered as the total amount of the whole account.1815, John Dougall, The Young Man's Best Companion and Guide to Useful Knowledge

Forms of summing

Noun
pluralsummings
Pronoun
alternative formsummin'
alternative formsummink
alternative formsummick

Words formed from summing

Phrases with summing

Questions about summing

What does summing mean?
Summing means the act or result of addition; a sum.
What is summing the present participle and gerund of?
Summing is the present participle and gerund of sum.
What part of speech is summing?
Summing is a noun.
What is the plural of summing?
The plural of summing is summings.

Words near summing in the dictionary

  1. summet
  2. summeth
  3. Summey
  4. Summeys
  5. summies
  6. summing
  7. summing up
  8. summing ups
  9. summing-up
  10. summing-ups
  11. summings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: summing (page history and authors); sum (page history and authors); something (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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