summing-upadj.
/ˌsʌmɪŋˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌsəmɪŋˈəp/ That summarizes or sums something up; that constitutes a summary.
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1819 Morning Chron. 27 Feb. The summing-up speech of Mr. Tierney was unanswerable.
1887 Homœopathic World Nov. 501 The president made a few summing-up remarks.
1972 Slavic Rev. 31 916 Excellent introductory and summing-up paragraphs provide guideposts for the reader.
2006 A. Bergman in L. Gonäs & J. Karlsson Gender Segregation iv. 47 The chapter concludes with a summing-up discussion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1819- to the best of a person's knowledge
- to the best of one's power
- to the best of one's recollection, belief, ability, etc
- to the best the extent of one's power
- to the best the uttermost of one's power
- to the bitter end
- to the blazes
- to the blood
- to the bone
- to the boot
- to the bottom of one's heart
- to the bottomward
- to the bridgeward
- to the centreward
- to the cityward
- to the comparison of
- to the consignation of
- to the contrary
- to the courage of
- to the credit of
- to the crop-ward
- to the cropward
- to the day
- to the dayward
- to the death