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summary

[ suhm-uh-ree ]

noun

plural summaries.
  1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.

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adjective

  1. brief and comprehensive; concise.

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  2. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast:

    to treat someone with summary dispatch.

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  3. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.

summary

/ 藞蝉蕦尘蓹谤瑟 /

noun

  1. a brief account giving the main points of something
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. performed arbitrarily and quickly, without formality

    a summary execution

  2. (of legal proceedings) short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial
  3. summary jurisdiction
    the right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
  4. giving the gist or essence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉耻尘尘补谤颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞蝉耻尘尘补谤颈濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻尘路尘补谤路颈路苍别蝉蝉 [s, uh, -, mair, -i-nis], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of summary1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English, from Latin 蝉耻尘尘腻谤颈耻尘, equivalent to summ(a) 鈥渟um鈥 + -腻谤颈耻尘 noun suffix; sum, -ary
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of summary1

C15: from Latin 蝉耻尘尘腻谤颈耻尘, from summa sum 1
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Synonym Study

Summary, brief, digest, synopsis are terms for a short version of a longer work. A summary is a brief statement or restatement of main points, especially as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A brief is a detailed outline, by heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed: a brief for an argument. A digest is an abridgment of an article, book, etc., or an organized arrangement of material under heads and titles: a digest of a popular novel; a digest of Roman law. A synopsis is usually a compressed statement of the plot of a novel, play, etc.: a synopsis of Hamlet.
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A summary of the report's findings stated, "many staff report feeling close to burnout due to high workloads and inadequate staffing, leading to increased stress and sick leave".

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According to the latest rainfall and river flow summary, external by the Environment Agency, river levels quite widely across the north-eastern quarter of England are classed as "notably low" or "exceptionally low".

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Our paper from 2023 is a big, big summary of the fungi found through these opportunistic sampling events over an 11 year period.

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At the Bureau of Street Services, which oversees street repairs, the mayor鈥檚 budget recommends 130 layoffs, according to a summary prepared by city budget analysts.

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Senate Intelligence Committee issued a 鈥淭orture Report鈥 of over 6,700 pages, but a heavily-redacted 鈥渟ummary鈥 was all that ever reached the public.

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