summary (ˈsʌmərɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- a brief account giving the main points of something
adjective (usually prenominal)
- performed arbitrarily and quickly, without formality ⇒
a summary execution
- (of legal proceedings) short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial
- See summary jurisdiction
- giving the gist or essence
Alternative Forms
ˈsummarily adverb ˈsummariness nounWord Origin
C15: from Latin summārium, from summasumC15: from Latin from 1Synonyms
View thesaurus entry=
synopsis,
résumé,
précis,
recapitulation,
review,
outline,
extract,
essence,
abstract,
summing-up,
digest,
epitome,
rundown,
compendium,
abridgment,
Translations
- British English:
summary
A summary is a short account of something giving the main points but not the details....a summary of the report.ˈsʌmərɪ NOUN ...a summary of the report.
- Spanish:
resumen
nm
- French:
résumé
nm
- German:
Zusammenfassung
nf
- Chinese: 总结 n
- Arabic: خُلاصَة n
- Portuguese: resumo nm
- Russian: краткое изложение nnt
- Croatian: rezime nnt
- Czech: souhrn nm
- Danish: sammenfatning nutr
- Dutch: samenvatting nf
- Finnish: yhteenveto n
- Greek: σύνοψη nf
- Italian: riassunto nm
- Japanese: 要約 n
- Korean: 요약 n
- Norwegian: oppsummering nm
- Polish: streszczenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: resumo nm
- European Spanish:
resumen
nm
- Swedish: sammanfattning nutr
- Thai: ใจความสรุป n
- Turkish: özet n
- Vietnamese: tóm tắt n
Usage examples
There was the confidential sheet on the bottom, and the rest included a summary for the past six months.
, SOMEBODY (2002)Every hour, 15 minutes after the hour, he delivers a summary of the headlines from the various news bulletins.
Irish Times (2002)Cormac was not about summary , about minimal effort, about short cuts.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)My sources for this and the next two chapters are so many and various as to defy adequate summary.
, THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)