Every vs Sum - What's the difference?
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All of a countable group, without exception.
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A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
* Bible, Numbers i. 2
(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
* Charles Dickens
A quantity of money.
* Bible, Acts xxii. 28
A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
A central idea or point.
The utmost degree.
* Milton
(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, page 207:
To add together.
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To give a summary of.
Every is a related term of sum.
As a proper noun every
is .As a noun sum is
noise (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations).every
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Alternative forms
* ev’ry (poetic) * euery (obsolete)Determiner
(en determiner)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
Synonyms
* eachAntonyms
* noDerived terms
* a chicken in every pot * each and every * every bit * everybody * every cloud has a silver lining * every dog has its day * every five minutes * every last * every little helps * every man for himself * every man Jack, every man jack * every nook and cranny * everyone * every other * every second * every so often * everything * every time * everywhere * every which way * every which where * hang on someone's every word * there are two sides to every question * there is an exception to every rule * worth every pennySee also
* all * eachStatistics
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(wikipedia sum)Etymology 1
(etyl) summe, from (etyl), from (etyl) summa, feminine of .Noun
(en noun)- The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
- Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
- We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
- a large sheet of paper covered with long sums
- a tidy sum
- the sum of forty pounds
- With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
- This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
- This is the sum and substance of his objections.
- Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought / My story to the sum of earthly bliss.
- The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
Synonyms
* (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) amount, sum total, summation, total, totality * (arithmetic computation) calculation, computation * (quantity of money) amount, quantity of money, sum of money * (summary) See summary * (central idea or point) center/centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nitty-gritty, pith substance * (utmost degree) See summit * quarterDerived terms
* a tidy sum * checksum * empty sum * nullary sumSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividendVerb
(summ)- 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.