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sum⋅ma⋅ry

[suhm-uh-ree] noun, plural -ries, adjective
–noun
1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
–adjective
2. brief and comprehensive; concise.
3. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: to treat someone with summary dispatch.
4. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L summārium, equiv. to summ(a) sum + -ārium -ary


sum⋅mar⋅i⋅ness [suh-mair-i-nis] , noun


1. outline, précis. 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, esp. 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 abridgement 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. 2. short, condensed, compact, succinct. 3. curt, terse, peremptory.
sum·ma·ry   (sŭm'ə-rē)   
adj.  
  1. Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
  2. Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.
n.   pl. sum·ma·ries
A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin summārius, of or concerning the sum, from Latin summa, sum; see sum.]
sum·mar'i·ly (sə-měr'ə-lē) adv., sum'ma·ri·ness n.

Summary

Sum"ma*ry\, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See Sum.]

1. 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.

2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

Syn: Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.

Summary

Sum"ma*ry\, n.; pl. Summaries. [F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See Summary, a.] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Language Translation for : summary
Spanish: resumen,
German: die Zusammenfassung,
Japanese: 要約

summary  (adj.)
1432, from M.L. summarius "of or pertaining to the sum or substance," from L. summa "whole, gist" (see sum). Sense of "done promptly" is first found 1713. The noun meaning "a summary statement or account" is first recorded 1509, from L. summarium "an epitome, abstract, summary," from summa "totality, gist." Summarily is attested from 1528. Summarize first recorded 1871.

Main Entry: sum·ma·ry
Pronunciation: 's&-m&-rE
Function: adjective
: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; especially : used in or done by summary proceeding —compare PLENARYsum·mar·i·ly /s&-'mer-&-lE/ adverb
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