summary

Plural: summaries

Noun

• A brief statement of the main points.
• a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
  • "he gave a summary of the conclusions"
• An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Adjective Satellite

• performed speedily and without formality
  • "a summary execution"
  • "summary justice"
• briefly giving the gist of something
  • "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

Adj

• Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
• Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
• Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

Examples

• A summary review is in the appendix.
• I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.
• make a summary of the events
• The final score display provided a quick SUMMARY of the game’s outcome.
• The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
• The summary executions caused outrage.
• They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

Synonyms

compact, compendious, drumhead, succinct, sum-up, abridgment, abstract, bottom line, compendium, conspectus, digest, epitome, outline, overview, précis, résumé, short form, summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]>, summary, summative#Adjective, synopsis, the long and short, tl;dr, upshot

Related Words

in summary, recapitulate

Anagrams of summary