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2 → see also British Summer Time

sum|mery /sʌ məri/ ADJ Something that is summery is suitable for summer or characteristic of summer. □  …light summery fruit salads.

su mming-u p (summings-up ) also summing up N‑COUNT In a trial, the judge's summing-up is the speech the judge makes at the end of the trial to remind the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard. □  There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.

sum|mit ◆◆◇ /sʌ m I t/ (summits )

1 N‑COUNT A summit is a meeting at which the leaders of two or more countries discuss important matters. □  …next week's Washington summit. □  …the NATO summit meeting in Rome.

2 N‑COUNT The summit of a mountain is the top of it. □  …the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

sum|mon /sʌ mən/ (summons , summoning , summoned )

1 VERB If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room. □ [be V -ed to-inf] He has been summoned to appear in court on charges of incitement to law-breaking.

2 VERB If you summon a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it. □ [V n] It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother. ● PHRASAL VERB Summon up means the same as summon . □ [V P n] Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game.

▸  summon up PHRASAL VERB If something summons up a memory or thought, it causes it to come to your mind. [LITERARY ] □ [V P n] The oddest events will summon up memories.

sum|mons /sʌ mənz/ (summonses , summonsing , summonsed )

1 N‑COUNT A summons is an order to come and see someone. □  I received a summons to the Palace.

2 N‑COUNT A summons is an official order to appear in court. □  She had received a summons to appear in court.

3 VERB [usu passive] If someone is summonsed , they are officially ordered to appear in court. □ [be V -ed] The men were summonsed and last week 30 appeared before Hove magistrates.

sumo /suː moʊ/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Sumo is the Japanese style of wrestling. □  …a sumo wrestler.

sump /sʌ mp/ (sumps )

1 N‑COUNT [oft N n] The sump is the place under an engine which holds the engine oil. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use oil pan 2 N‑COUNT A sump is a deep cave which is often filled with water.

sump|tu|ous /sʌ mptʃuəs/ ADJ Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. □  She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics.

su m to |tal N‑SING The sum total of a number of things is all the things added or considered together. You often use this expression to indicate that you are disappointed because the total amount is rather small. □ [+ of ] That small room contained the sum total of the family's possessions.

sun ◆◆◇ /sʌ n/ (suns )

1 N‑SING The sun is the ball of fire in the sky that the Earth goes round, and that gives us heat and light. □  The sun was now high in the southern sky. □  The sun came out, briefly. □  …the sun's rays. □  The sun was shining.

2 N‑UNCOUNT You refer to the light and heat that reach us from the sun as the sun . □  Dena took them into the courtyard to sit in the sun.

3 N‑COUNT A sun is any star which has planets going around it.

4 PHRASE Everything under the sun means a very great number of things. Anything under the sun means anything at all. □  We sat there for hours talking about everything under the sun.

5a place in the sun → see place