summary

English Online Dictionary. What means summary‎? What does summary mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌməɹi/
• Homophone: summery

Etymology 1

From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).

Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

1. Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.

   Synonyms: summative, summarizing (part. adj.)

   Near-synonym: abstractive

2. Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.

   Near-synonym: extrajudicial

3. (law) Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

   Hypernyms: expedited, expeditious

Derived terms

• summarily
• summary dismissal

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Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).

Noun

summary (plural summaries)

1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Synonyms

• précis
• upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)
• Thesaurus:summary

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