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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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.
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