summary

summary: ▪ I. summary sum‧ma‧ry ¹ [ˈsʌməri] noun summaries _PLURALFORM [countable]

a short statement that gives the main information contained in a document, plan etc or the main things that happened at an event, without giving all the details:

• Here is a summary of the Commerce Department's report on business inventories.

exˌecutive ˈsummary

a summary of the most important points of a business plan or proposal:

• The executive summary is the first part of the business plan that everyone will read, and it may be the only part that some individuals will read.

[m0] ▪ II. summary summary ² adjective [only before a noun]

1. giving the main points, but not all the details:

• The internal review board issued a summary report on 5 April.

2. done immediately, without paying attention to the usual processes, rules etc:

• This is classed as gross misconduct, justifying summary dismissal, ie without notice.

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summary UK US /ˈsʌm^əri/ noun [C] (plural summaries)

► a short statement of the main ideas or facts in a report, discussion, etc.: a summary of sth »The article offers a summary of best practices.
»Many of these problems could have been avoided according to a summary of the study released yesterday.
»a brief/short/written summary
provide/produce/publish a summary »Table 12.4 provides a summary of how management perspectives have changed over the last 50 years.

► FINANCE, ACCOUNTING a list of the different amounts of money that have been spent and received, for example, on a bank statement

● in summary — Cf. in summary

→ See also EXECUTIVE SUMMARY(Cf. ↑executive summary), MANAGEMENT SUMMARY(Cf. ↑management summary)

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summary UK US /ˈsʌm^əri/ adjective [before noun]

► giving the main ideas or facts of a discussion, report, etc., but not the details: »summary information/reports/observations

► LAW done suddenly, without discussion or the usual or accepted processes: »summary arrest/execution/proceedings

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summary — sum·ma·ry / sə mə rē/ adj: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; esp: used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenary sum·mar·i·ly /sə mer ə lē/ adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, rapidly performed;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
summary — [sum′ə rē] adj. [ME < ML summarius < L summa,SUM] 1. that presents the substance or general idea in brief form; summarizing; concise; condensed 2. a) prompt and without formality; expeditious [summary punishment] b) hasty and arbitrary [a… … English World dictionary
summary — (adj.) early 15c., from M.L. summarius of or pertaining to the sum or substance, from L. summa whole, gist (see SUM (Cf. sum)). Sense of done promptly is first found 1713. The noun meaning a summary statement or account is first recorded c.1500,… … Etymology dictionary
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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
summary — [adj] concise, to the point arbitrary, boiled down*, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell*, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run down, run through,… … New thesaurus
summary — adj pithy, compendious, *concise, terse, succinct, laconic Analogous words: *brief, short: *quick, prompt, ready, apt: compacted or compact, concentrated (see COMPACT vb) Antonyms: circumstantial … New Dictionary of Synonyms
summary — ► NOUN (pl. summaries) ▪ a brief statement of the main points of something. ► ADJECTIVE 1) dispensing with needless details or formalities. 2) Law (of a judicial process) conducted without the customary legal formalities. DERIVATIVES summarily… … English terms dictionary
summary — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, apt, clear, cogent (esp. AmE), excellent, fair, good, useful ▪ Is that a fair summary of the situa … Collocations dictionary
summary — [[t]sʌ̱məri[/t]] summaries 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details. What follows is a brief summary of the process... Here s a summary of the day s news... Milligan… … English dictionary

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