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sum up
[suhm-uhp] 
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sum up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form an opinion of; summarize |
| Synonyms: | close, conclude, condense, digest, epitomize, estimate, examine, get the measure of, inventory, put in a nutshell, recapitulate, review, size up, sum, synopsize, total |
| Main Entry: | comprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up, consist of |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo |
| Antonyms: | except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | conclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide, deduce |
| Synonyms: | add up to, adjudge, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down to, collect, derive, draw, figure, gather, have a hunch, infer, intuit, judge, make, make out, presume, ratiocinate, reason, reckon, sum up, suppose, surmise, the way one sees it |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shorter; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim |
| Antonyms: | detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | epitomize |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, condense, cut, digest, précis, shorten, sum up, summarize, synopsize |
| Main Entry: | epitomize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encapsulate |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, compress, condense, contract, cut, digest, reduce, shorten, sum up, summarize, synopsize |
| Main Entry: | lastly/last |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in the end |
| Synonyms: | after, after all, all in all, at last, at the end, behind, bringing up rear, finally, in conclusion, in the rear, to conclude, to sum up, ultimately |
| Antonyms: | firstly/first |
| Main Entry: | recapitulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over something again |
| Synonyms: | epitomize, go over same ground, go the same round, outline, paraphrase, recap, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, replay, restate, review, reword, run over, run through again, sum up, summarize |
| Antonyms: | take back |
| Main Entry: | summarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a rundown |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, boil down, cipher, compile, condense, cut, cut back, cut down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, get to meat, give main points, inventory, outline, pare, prune, précis, put in a nutshell, recap, recapitulate, rehash, retrograde, review, run down, run through, shorten, skim, snip, sum, sum up, summate, synopsize, trim |
| Antonyms: | break down |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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