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summary
[ suhm-uh-ree ]
noun
- a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
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adjective
- brief and comprehensive; concise.
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- direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast:
to treat someone with summary dispatch.
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- (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.
summary
/ ˈʌəɪ /
noun
- a brief account giving the main points of something
adjective
- performed arbitrarily and quickly, without formality
a summary execution
- (of legal proceedings) short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial
- summary jurisdictionthe right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
- giving the gist or essence
Derived Forms
- ˈܳԱ, noun
- ˈܳ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܳ···Ա [s, uh, -, mair, -i-nis], noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of summary1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
At the Bureau of Street Services, which oversees street repairs, the mayor’s budget recommends 130 layoffs, according to a summary prepared by city budget analysts.
Senate Intelligence Committee issued a “Torture Report” of over 6,700 pages, but a heavily-redacted “summary” was all that ever reached the public.
The IDF said its investigation found six of the casualties were Hamas members, and rejected there had been summary executions.
Their report "included a summary and analysis of a first-person witness to the alleged unethical conduct".
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner have also published summaries of their tax affairs for the same year.
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