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summary

[ suhm-uh-ree ]

noun

plural summaries.
  1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.

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adjective

  1. brief and comprehensive; concise.

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  2. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast:

    to treat someone with summary dispatch.

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  3. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.

summary

/ ˈʌəɪ /

noun

  1. a brief account giving the main points of something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. performed arbitrarily and quickly, without formality

    a summary execution

  2. (of legal proceedings) short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial
  3. summary jurisdiction
    the right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
  4. giving the gist or essence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳԱ, noun
  • ˈܳ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܳ···Ա [s, uh, -, mair, -i-nis], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of summary1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ܳܳ, equivalent to summ(a) “sum” + noun suffix; sum, -ary
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of summary1

C15: from Latin ܳܳ, from summa sum 1
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Synonym Study

Summary, brief, digest, synopsis are terms for a short version of a longer work. A summary is a brief statement or restatement of main points, especially as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A brief is a detailed outline, by heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed: a brief for an argument. A digest is an abridgment of an article, book, etc., or an organized arrangement of material under heads and titles: a digest of a popular novel; a digest of Roman law. A synopsis is usually a compressed statement of the plot of a novel, play, etc.: a synopsis of Hamlet.
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"It's been a devil of a job," he claims, "to get people in the trust to simply read the report, even the summary."

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Earlier this year, Apple suspended its Apple Intelligence news summary tool in the UK after it hallucinated false headlines and presented them as real news.

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A summary report of the outbreak suggested the virus was introduced via wild birds.

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Many of the cases were summary executions, he added.

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The legislation proposes to expand the types of labor covered under the visa program and allow for year-round employment of H-2A workers, according to a summary shared with The Times.

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