Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brief statement mentioning the main points of something.
- adjective Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise.
- adjective Performed speedily and without ceremony.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing the sum or substance only; reduced to few words; short; brief; concise; compendious: as, a summary statement of arguments or objections.
- Rapidly performed; quickly executed; effected by a short way or method; without hesitation, delay, or formality.
- Synonyms Succinct, Condensed, etc. (see
concise ); synoptical, terse, pithy. - Prompt, rapid.
- noun An abridged or condensed statement or account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium containing the sum or substance of a fuller statement.
- noun In law, a short application to a court or judge, without the formality of a full proceeding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
- adjective Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious.
- adjective Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Concise ,brief orpresented in acondensed form - adjective
Performed speedily and withoutformal ceremony . - adjective law Performed by cutting the procedures of a normal trial.
- noun An
abstract or a condensedpresentation of thesubstance of abody ofmaterial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective briefly giving the gist of something
- noun a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
- adjective performed speedily and without formality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In such cases, one usually can avoid the term summary judgment and say that “the judge dismissed the case before trial”
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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In such cases, one usually can avoid the term summary judgment and say that “the judge dismissed the case before trial”
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This, in summary, is the Roosevelt Recovery Programme.
Economic Recovery in Great Britain and the United States 1934
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To the extent that your summary is accurate I would agree with Glazier.
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Let me ask: assuming that my summary is accurate, rather than yours, what would your reaction to Black Matrix be?
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The NSA staff would therefore have a vested interest in ensuring that the material in the summary is accurate.
Memorandum 1996
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This summary is the belief of the most conservative of the outstanding clinicians in the United States engaged in diabetic work on a large scale.
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Peter [325] down to the present time; and she alone maintained a brief but definitely formulated _lex_, which she entitled the summary of apostolic tradition, and by reference to which she decided all questions of faith with admirable certainty.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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The NFL released what it described as a summary of its proposal to the union:
The Seattle Times 2011
frangarnes commented on the word summary
Resumen // summary ≠ review // WordReference
October 19, 2007