summation

[ suh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of summing.
2. the result of this; an aggregate or total.
3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
4. Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
5. Physiology. the arousal of impulses by a rapid succession of stimuli, carried either by separate sensory neurons spatial summation or by the same sensory neuron temporal summation.

summation

/ sʌˈmeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of determining a sum; addition
2. the result of such an act or process
3. a summary
4. law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court

Derived Forms

• ˈsummative, adjective
• sumˈmational, adjective

Other Words From

• sum·mation·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of summation¹

1750–60; < Medieval Latin summātiōn- (stem of summātiō ), equivalent to summāt ( us ) (past participle of summāre to sum; -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of summation¹

C18: from Medieval Latin summātiō, from summāre to total, from Latin summa sum ¹

Example Sentences

On his final day as an MP, Wragg had a consultation with a psychologist, which he jokes is "a fitting summation" of his nine years in the Commons.

From BBC

She began by crafting a six-minute summation of the book for Pasadena Civic Ballet in 2021, featuring students at the school.

From Los Angeles Times

It has not rolled out detailed summations of the tax-cut proposals, including how the government would make up for the lost revenue or cut programs to make the changes “deficit neutral.”

From Los Angeles Times

It looks like this was no accident or gaffe from Trump, but a summation of his campaign's strategy.

From Salon

There’s a tape that both the defense and the prosecution played in summations in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial.

From Salon