Summation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

(physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sʌmˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/sʌmˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sʌmˈeɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /sʌmˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
the summation of four and three gives seven
four plus three equals seven

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sum total summing up rundown sum plus addition

Parts of Speech

noun	a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
noun	(physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce
noun	the final aggregate “the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”
noun	the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers “the summation of four and three gives seven”

Word Forms

summational	adjective	of or relating to a summation or produced by summation
sum	verb	be a summary of
summate	verb	form or constitute a cumulative effect
add	verb	determine the sum of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Summe

eine abschließende Zusammenfassung (wie bei der Präsentation eines Falles vor einem Gericht)

🇫🇷French

addition

un résumé final (comme pour présenter une affaire devant un tribunal)

🇪🇸Spanish

suma

un resumen concluyente (como en la presentación de un caso ante un tribunal de justicia)

🇮🇹Italian

somma

una sintesi conclusiva (come nel presentare un caso davanti a un tribunale)

🇳🇱Dutch

sommatie

een afsluitende samenvatting (zoals bij het presenteren van een zaak voor een rechtbank)

🇵🇹Portuguese

soma

um resumo conclusivo (como na apresentação de um caso perante um tribunal)

🇷🇺Russian

суммирование

заключительное резюме (как при представлении дела в суде)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

योग

एक निष्कर्ष सारांश (जैसा कि किसी कानूनी अदालत के समक्ष मामला प्रस्तुत करते समय)

🇧🇩Bengali

সমষ্টি

একটি সমাপনী সারাংশ (যেমন একটি আইন আদালতের সামনে একটি মামলা উপস্থাপনের ক্ষেত্রে)

🇮🇳Tamil

கூட்டுத்தொகை

ஒரு முடிவான சுருக்கம் (சட்ட நீதிமன்றத்தில் ஒரு வழக்கை முன்வைப்பது போல)

🇮🇳Telugu

సమ్మషన్

ముగింపు సారాంశం (ఒక న్యాయస్థానం ముందు కేసును సమర్పించినట్లు)

🇮🇳Marathi

बेरीज

समारोपाचा सारांश (कायदा न्यायालयासमोर केस सादर केल्याप्रमाणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમીકરણ

નિષ્કર્ષનો સારાંશ (કાયદાની અદાલત સમક્ષ કેસ રજૂ કરવા માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಲನ

ಮುಕ್ತಾಯದ ಸಾರಾಂಶ (ಕಾನೂನು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ಮುಂದೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಪಡಿಸಿದಂತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

സംഗ്രഹം

ഒരു സമാപന സംഗ്രഹം (ഒരു നിയമ കോടതിയിൽ ഒരു കേസ് അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਾਰ

ਇੱਕ ਸਮਾਪਤੀ ਸੰਖੇਪ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਇੱਕ ਕਨੂੰਨੀ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਇੱਕ ਕੇਸ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ)

🇵🇰Urdu

خلاصہ

ایک اختتامی خلاصہ (جیسا کہ قانونی عدالت کے سامنے کیس پیش کرتے ہوئے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

求和

结论性摘要（如在法庭上陈述案件）

🇯🇵Japanese

合計

結論的な要約（法廷で訴訟を提起する場合など）

🇰🇷Korean

요약

최종 요약(법정에 사건을 제출할 때와 같이)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tính tổng

một bản tóm tắt kết luận (như khi trình bày một vụ án trước tòa án)

🇹🇭Thai

ผลรวม

สรุปสรุป (เช่นในการเสนอคดีต่อศาล)

🇮🇩Indonesian

penjumlahan

ringkasan kesimpulan (seperti dalam menyajikan kasus di hadapan pengadilan)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagbubuod

isang pangwakas na buod (tulad ng paglalahad ng kaso sa harap ng isang hukuman)

🇲🇾Malay

penjumlahan

ringkasan penutup (seperti membentangkan kes di hadapan mahkamah undang-undang)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجمع

ملخص ختامي (كما هو الحال في عرض قضية أمام المحكمة)

🇮🇷Persian

جمع بندی

خلاصه نهایی (مانند ارائه یک پرونده در دادگاه قانونی)

🇹🇷Turkish

toplam

sonuç özeti (bir davanın mahkeme önünde sunulmasında olduğu gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

סיכום

סיכום מסכם (כמו בהצגת תיק בפני בית משפט)

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