summary
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of materialAn abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
» Please send in your summary by Tuesday.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
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
Zusammenfassung
резюме́rezjumɛ́, кра́ткое изложе́ниеkrátkoje izložénije, ито́гиitógi
пі́дсумокpídsumok, резюме́rezjumé, сти́слий ви́кладstýslyj výklad
- a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
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Origin
From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming noFrom Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).
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Forms
plural: summariesSynonyms
18 synonyms- a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form:sum-up