summary

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

(Adjective) From Mediaeval Latin summarius, from Latin summa.

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[edit] Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

Positive
summary

Comparative
more summary

Superlative
most summary
  1. concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
    A summary review is in the appendix.
  2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
    Summary justice is bad justice.

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concise
performed speedily
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[edit] Noun

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Singular
summary

Plural
summaries

summary (plural summaries)

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

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a condensed presentation
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