summation

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /sʌˈmeɪʃən/ UK /sʌˈmeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the process of adding things together; a concluding summary

In her summation, the lawyer recalled the key evidence.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the process of adding... total sum aggregate summary recapitulation conclusion

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subtraction introduction

Word family

Derived forms summational

Related forms sumsummatesummative

Etymology

From Medieval Latin summatio ('a summing up'), from Latin summatus, past participle of summare ('to add up'), from summa ('sum, total, highest').

summatio Latin summa Latin

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# summation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** sʌˈmeɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** sʌˈmeɪʃən

## Meanings
1. the process of adding things together; a concluding summary

## Examples
- In her summation, the lawyer recalled the key evidence.

## Synonyms
- total
- sum
- aggregate
- summary
- recapitulation
- conclusion

## Antonyms
- subtraction
- introduction

## Derived Forms
- summational

## Related Forms
- sum
- summate
- summative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: summatio
- Root: summa

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin summatio ('a summing up'), from Latin summatus, past participle of summare ('to add up'), from summa ('sum, total, highest').

## AI Etymology
Summation comes from Medieval Latin summatio ('a summing up'), from Latin summatus, past participle of summare ('to add up'), from summa ('sum, total, highest'). The historical chain includes Latin summatio and Latin summa. The quoted older senses, "a summing up", "to add up", and "sum, total, highest", supply the semantic anchors for summation. The formation is best read as participial and borrowed: the word summation carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the process of adding things together; a concluding summary". English derivatives include summational; related English forms include sum, summate, and summative. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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