how to pronounce sums

/ˈsʌmz/

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sums is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of sums in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… good at spending huge sums of money on …”

meanings of sums

noun:

Plural of sum.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sum.

name:

Plural of Sum.

sums frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sums occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sums can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sums can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;