A summary gives a short overview, or the main points, of something longer. She talked for days about the 800 page romantic novel, but her boyfriend's summary was "Girl meets boy, boy meets girl, boy rides horse into sunset, girl meets new boy. The end."
Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious;
Noun
a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"
Adjective S.
briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
Adjective S.
performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice"
a.
Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow
compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a
summary statement of facts.
a.
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary
process; to take summary vengeance.
a.
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account;
an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance
of a fuller account.
Summary
Summary
Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious;
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Usage Examples
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnce every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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