summary
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed formConcise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
» Please send in your summary by Tuesday.
Meaning
3 sensesConcise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Near-synonym: abstractive
A summary review is in the appendix.
zusammenfassend
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
Near-synonym: extrajudicial
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
performed speedily and without formality
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
The summary executions caused outrage.
standrechtlich
Examples
41 sentencesPlease send in your summary by Tuesday.
Give me a summary of the book.
Can you give me a brief summary?
I'm writing a summary of the article.
I'm not expecting details; just a summary is fine.
deEinzelheiten erwarte ich nicht; eine einfache Zusammenfassung genügt.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
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Forms
more summary, most summary| Comparative | more summary Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most summary Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- performed speedily and without formality:drumhead
- briefly giving the gist of something:compendiouscompactsuccinct
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form