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1. (n.) summary
a comprehensive and usu. brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of things previously stated.
2. (adj.) summary
brief and comprehensive; concise.
3. summary
direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast:
treated with summary dispatch.
4. summary
(of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L summārium=summ(a)sum+-ārium -ary)
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1. (adj) summary, sum-up
a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
"he gave a summary of the conclusions"
2. (adj) drumhead, summary
performed speedily and without formality
"a summary execution"; "summary justice"
3. (adj) compendious, compact, succinct, summary
briefly giving the gist of something
"a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
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1. (noun) summary
a brief account of the main points of sth
Write a fifty-word summary of the article.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Summary
formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts
2. (adj) Summary
hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance
3. (adj) Summary
a general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account
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Sense: a shortened form of a statement, story etc giving only the main points
A summary of his speech was printed in the newspaper.
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 Afrikaans: opsomming |
 Arabic: خُلاصَه، تَلْخيص |
 Bulgarian: обобщение |
 Brazilian: resumo |
 Czech: stručný obsah |
 German: die Zusammenfassung |
 Danish: resumé; sammenfatning |
 Greek: σύνοψη, περίληψη |
 Spanish: resumen |
 Estonian: kokkuvõte |
 Farsi: خلاصه |
 Finnish: yhteenveto |
 French: résumé |
 Hebrew: סִיכּוּם |
 Hindi: सक्षिप्त, संरसरी |
 Croatian: sažetak, glavni sadržaj |
 Hungarian: összefoglalás |
 Indonesian: ringkasan |
 Icelandic: samantekt |
 Italian: riassunto |
 Japanese: 要約 |
 Korean: 요약 |
 Lithuanian: santrauka, reziumė |
 Latvian: kopsavilkums; pārskats |
 Malay: ringkasan |
 Dutch: samenvatyting |
 Norwegian: resymé, sammendrag |
 Polish: streszczenie |
 Persian: خلاصه |
 Pashto: خلاصه |
 Portuguese: resumo |
 Romanian: rezumat, sumar |
 Russian: краткое изложение |
 Slovak: stručný obsah |
 Slovenian: povzetek |
 Serbian: rezime |
 Swedish: sammanfattning, sammandra |
 Thai: ใจความสรุป |
 Turkish: özet |
 Taiwanese: 概要 |
 Ukrainian: короткий виклад, зведення |
 Urdu: خلاصہ |
 Vietnamese: bản tóm tắt |
 Chinese: 概要 |
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