summates

verb

present tense third-person singular of summate
as in adds
to combine (numbers) into a single sum summate all of the expenses that you incurred on your last business trip

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  1. adds
  2. sums
  3. subtracts
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  • The agency adds that trees in front of Schaeffer's home aren't due for a trim for several years.
    — Elle McLogan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Mixed Fed signals add another risk George Saravelos, global head of FX research at Deutsche Bank, said uncertainty about the Fed's inflation reaction function adds another potential negative for the dollar.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of adds
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  • The solution, as ever, is collaboration and aptly, Balfe sums it up with an 80’s movie reference.
    — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Calling it the Things Can Only Get Better Tour really sums it up.
    — Dave Gil De Rubio, Daily News, 14 July 2026
Definition of sums
Verb
  • Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.
    — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of subtracts
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“Summates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summates. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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