Summa is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Summa in a sentence
Related words
Summa meaning
- A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
- A culmination or archetypal example.
Using Summa
- The main meaning on this page is: A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy. | A culmination or archetypal example.
- In the example corpus, summa often appears in combinations such as: summa cum, graduated summa, the summa.
Context around Summa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Summa
- In this selection, "summa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, graduated, graduate, 2023, cum, audio and times stand out and add context to how "summa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include he graduated summa cum laude and she graduated summa cum laude. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "summa" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with summa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ariel received her Associates of Arts in Criminal Justice Summa Cum Laude. (12 words)
Chabot College has installed the latest upgrade to its Calrec Summa audio console. (13 words)
Hall-Dale High School has announced its class of 2023 summa cum laude students. (14 words)
Ani graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in Mass Communications, and from the University of Southern California with an MA in Broadcast Journalism. (35 words)
It seemed like all hope was lost for these women, until Gragg, the first woman to graduate summa cum laude from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, came up with a simple but brilliant idea. (34 words)
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, and a minor in Television, Film, and New Media in May of 2020. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Brent went on to receive his undergraduate from Weber State University and his PhD in Psychology from Utah State University in1976 where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Hall-Dale High School has announced its class of 2023 summa cum laude students.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, and a minor in Television, Film, and New Media in May of 2020.
D. in Comparative Studies from Florida Atlantic University, where she graduated summa cum laude in English.
He received his Bachelor of Science from Concordia University, Wisconsin (2005), graduating summa cum laude and recognized as the most outstanding undergraduate student of his class.
Andrea holds a J.D. from American University-Washington College of Law, summa cum laude, and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ani graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in Mass Communications, and from the University of Southern California with an MA in Broadcast Journalism.
Ariel received her Associates of Arts in Criminal Justice Summa Cum Laude.
Canceran graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Far Eastern University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jason Johnson originally hails from Elba, Alabama, and graduated summa cum laude from Troy University in 2011.
After that, he graduated summa cum laude from Lycoming College in 1996 with a Bachelor’s degree in financial accounting.
An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University.
Chabot College has installed the latest upgrade to its Calrec Summa audio console.
For the highest honors, summa cum laude, students must achieve a 3.9 or higher GPA.
He graduated with high honors from Geneva High School and studied information technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Honor graduates receiving bachelor degrees included 43 summa cum laude, 85 magna cum laude, and 98 cum laude.
I am a student taking Summer Session II, and I would like to share some of my feelings about UC Davis in the summa times.
It seemed like all hope was lost for these women, until Gragg, the first woman to graduate summa cum laude from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, came up with a simple but brilliant idea.
Mark is articulate, was intelligent enough to graduate summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, and is a logical thinker.
Richards graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a Master’s degree in workforce education and development.
Common combinations with summa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: