noun
summation
suh-MAY-shuhn
noun
1
A final overview that pulls everything together; a summing-up.
"The lawyer's summation convinced the jury in ten minutes."
"His summation of the debate captured both sides fairly."
2
The process of adding a series of numbers together.
"The spreadsheet performs a summation of all monthly expenses."
How to Use Summation
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a closing summary of an argument, or the maths process of adding things up.
Common pairings
closing summation
summation of the evidence
Word Forms
summations plural
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Etymology
Built from sum plus the noun suffix -ation.