Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
- adj. Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.
- n. A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
- n. An abridged or condensed statement or account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium containing the sum or substance of a fuller statement.
- n. In law, a short application to a court or judge, without the formality of a full proceeding. Synonyms Compendium, Abstract, etc. See
abridgment .
Wiktionary
- adj. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
- adj. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
- adj. Performed by cutting the procedures of a normal trial.
- n. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious.
- adj. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed.
- n. A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. briefly giving the gist of something
- n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
- adj. performed speedily and without formality
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Medieval Latin summārius, of or concerning the sum, from Latin summa, sum; see sum1.
Examples
“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.”
“To the extent that your summary is accurate I would agree with Glazier.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The NFL released what it described as a summary of its proposal to the union:”
“The league released what it described as a summary of its proposal to the players:”
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