Summary

a.	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.
n.	1.	A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Noun	1.	summary - a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"
Adj.	1.	summary - performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" Synonyms: drumhead
	2.	summary - briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" Synonyms: compendious, succinct, compact

Spartan, abbreviated, abbreviation, abridged, abridgement, abridgment, abrupt, account, accounts, alert, apocope, aposiopestic, apt, body count, brief, brusque, capitulation, census, clipped, close, compact, compacted, compendious, compendium, compressed, compression, condensation, condensed, consolidation, conspectus, contracted, copy, core, count, crisp, critique, curt, curtailment, curtal, curtate, cut, decisive, decurtate, distillate, docked, drumhead, dwelling upon, elaboration, elision, ellipsis, elliptic, encapsulation, epigrammatic, epitome, epitomization, essence, expeditious, foreshortening, gist, gnomic, going over, head count, immediate, instant, instantaneous, inventory, iteration, laconic, little, low, main point, meat, nose count, peremptory, perfunctory, pith, pithy, pointed, practicing, precis, prompt, pruned, punctual, quick, ready, reaffirmation, recap, recapitulation, recital, reckoning, recount, recountal, recounting, reduction, rehash, rehearsal, reissue, reiteration, repertory, reprint, reserved, restatement, resume, retelling, retrenchment, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, shortening, speedy, statement, substance, succinct, sum, sum and substance, summation, summing, summing up, summing-up, swift, syncope, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, telescoping, terse, tight, to the point, transient, truncated, truncation

Definitions Index: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

About this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home - Privacy Policy