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Webster 1913 Edition
Summary
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 facts2.
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
(#)
. 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.
SUM'MARY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
summary
summary
English
Adjective
summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)
- Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
- A summary review is in the appendix.
- Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
- They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
- (law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
- Summary justice is bad justice.
Translations
concise
performed speedily
cutting the procedures of a normal trial
Noun
summary (plural summaries)
- An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Synonyms
- upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)
Derived terms
Translations
condensed presentation
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