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Webster 1913 Edition


Summary

Sum′ma-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
sommaire
. See
Sum
.]
1.
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.
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed;
as, a
summary
process; to take
summary
vengeance
.
Syn. – Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.

Sum′ma-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Summaries
(#)
.
[F.
sommaire
, or L.
summarium
. See
Summary
,
Adj.
]
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Webster 1828 Edition


Summary

SUM'MARY

,
Adj.
[L. summa.] Reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as a summary statement of arguments or objections; a summary proceeding or process.

SUM'MARY

,
Noun.
An abridged account; an abstract, abridgment or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account; as the comprehensive summary of our duty to God in the first table of the law.

Definition 2024


summary

summary

English

Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

  1. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
    A summary review is in the appendix.
  2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
    They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
  3. (law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
    Summary justice is bad justice.

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Noun

summary (plural summaries)

  1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

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