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summary en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
Meanings
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Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
A summary review is in the appendix.
Near-synonym: abstractive
Bernstein's critique of the philosophical basis of Marxism and its derivation from Hegelianism is summary in the extreme. He does not in fact seem to have known any more of Hegel's work than he could gather from the absurd simplifications of Engels.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 104:
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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.
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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.
Forms
Deriveds
summariness · summary dismissal · summarily · summary court-martial
Hypernyms
expeditious · expedited
Synonyms
summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]> · abstractive · summative · extrajudicial
Translations (66)
it sommaria (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · sv summarisk (concise) · es sumario (concise) · hu gyorsított (performed speedily) · it sommario (concise) · fi summittainen (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · es sumario (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · pt resumido (concise) · pt sumário (concise) · bg безцеремонен (performed speedily) · ka მოკლე გადმოცემა (concise) · es somero (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · fi tiivistetty (concise) · es apurado (performed speedily) · hu összefoglaló (concise) · it in sintensi (concise) · wa rascourti (concise) · pl przyśpieszony (performed speedily) · it sommario (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · it resoconto (concise) · it sommario (performed speedily) · de zusammenfassend (concise) · bg по съкратена процедура (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · hu rövidre fogott (concise) · pt sumário (performed speedily) · it in breve (concise) · pl krótki (concise) · fr sommaire (concise) · eo maldetala (concise) · ml സംഗ്രഹ (concise) · fi summittainen (performed speedily) · fi lyhyt (concise) · pl pobieżny (concise) · ca sumari (concise) · hu kivonatolt (concise) · fr sommaire (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · bg кратък (concise) · cs stručný (concise) · pl doraźny (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · fi pika- (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · ml സാരസംഗ്രഹ (concise) · pt resumir (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · ca sumari (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · ja 概略的な (concise) · fr résumé (concise) · gl conciso (concise) · hu összefoglalt (concise) · ca sumari (performed speedily) · sv summarisk (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · hu rögtönítélő (performed speedily) · fi pika- (performed speedily) · hu áttekintő (concise) · pt resumo (performed speedily) · it riassunto (concise) · it rapporto (concise) · fr sommaire (performed speedily) · ka შეჯამება (concise) · hu sommás (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · it sommaria (performed speedily) · pl doraźny (performed speedily) · bg сбит (concise) · ga achomair (concise) · de standrechtlich (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) · sv summarisk (performed speedily) · es a todo dar (performed speedily) · pt sumário (cutting the procedures of a normal trial)
summary en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).
Meanings
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An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
make a summary of the events
I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.
Forms
Deriveds
in summary · midsummary · summarizer · microsummary · summary execution · metasummary · summary diligence · summarist · executive summary · management summary · summary jurisdiction · summary judgment · summary proceedings · summarize · summary offence
Hypernyms
gist
Relateds
blurb · in summary · recapitulate
Synonyms
abridgment · précis · epitome · outline · tl;dr · résumé · compendium · upshot · the long and short · abstract · synopsis · overview · bottom line · short form · digest · summary · conspectus
Translations (120)
cs shrnutí (condensed presentation) · es sumario (condensed presentation) · yi קיצור (condensed presentation) · hu összefoglalás (condensed presentation) · pt sumário (condensed presentation) · fr compte rendu (condensed presentation) · eo resumo (condensed presentation) · cmn 摘要 (condensed presentation) · pt resumo (condensed presentation) · sh sažétak (condensed presentation) · pl streszczenie (condensed presentation) · la summārium (condensed presentation) · ar مُلَخَّص (condensed presentation) · kw berrskrif (condensed presentation) · be рэзюмэ́ (condensed presentation) · ru кра́ткое изложе́ние (condensed presentation) · eu laburpen (condensed presentation) · el περίληψη (condensed presentation) · ml സാരസംഗ്രഹം (condensed presentation) · da resume (condensed presentation) · ru конспе́кт (condensed presentation) · uk пі́дсумок (condensed presentation) · pl skrót (condensed presentation) · yue 摘要 (condensed presentation) · sk resumé (condensed presentation) · nb resymé (condensed presentation) · af opsomming (condensed presentation) · ps خلاصه (condensed presentation) · hu esszencia (condensed presentation) · ko 대요 (condensed presentation) · ko 요약 (condensed presentation) · nb resumé (condensed presentation) · eo enhavtabelo (condensed presentation) · ur اختصار (condensed presentation) · tg хулоса (condensed presentation) · fa خلاصه (condensed presentation) · ka შემაჯამებელი (condensed presentation) · hu összefoglaló (condensed presentation) · sh саже́так (condensed presentation) · hi ख़ुलासा (condensed presentation) · nn oppsummering (condensed presentation) · tr özet (condensed presentation) · gd geàrr-chunntas (condensed presentation) · cs resumé (condensed presentation) · hu áttekintés (condensed presentation) · et kokkuvõte (condensed presentation) · ga achoimriú (condensed presentation) · lt santrauka (condensed presentation) · uk резюме́ (condensed presentation) · kk түйіндеме (condensed presentation) · hu kivonat (condensed presentation) · he תַּמְצִית (condensed presentation) · ru резюме́ (condensed presentation) · lo ສະລູບ (condensed presentation) · io rezumo (condensed presentation) · fr récapitulation (condensed presentation) · km សរុប (condensed presentation) · fa چکیده (condensed presentation) · ms ringkasan (condensed presentation) · ml സംഗ്രഹം (condensed presentation) · ca sumari (condensed presentation) · fr sommaire (condensed presentation) · sq përmbledhje (condensed presentation) · az xülasə (condensed presentation) · bg резюме́ (condensed presentation) · hu foglalat (condensed presentation) · hi सारांश (condensed presentation) · mi whakarāpopototanga (condensed presentation) · vi tóm tắt (condensed presentation) · et resümee (condensed presentation) · la breviārium (condensed presentation) · fr résumé (condensed presentation) · nb sammendrag (condensed presentation) · ky кыскача (condensed presentation) · de Zusammenfassung (condensed presentation) · hu összegzés (condensed presentation) · cs souhrn (condensed presentation) · uk сти́слий ви́клад (condensed presentation) · mk резиме́ (condensed presentation) · uz xulosa (condensed presentation) · pl podsumowanie (condensed presentation) · da resumé (condensed presentation) · ja 概要 (condensed presentation) · it riassunto (condensed presentation) · th สรุป (condensed presentation) · ca resum (condensed presentation) · ko 개요 (condensed presentation) · lv kopsavilkums (condensed presentation) · nl opsomming (condensed presentation) · sh rezìmē (condensed presentation) · gd giorrachadh (condensed presentation) · ast resume (condensed presentation) · hu summázat (condensed presentation) · tl buod (condensed presentation) · fi lyhennelmä (condensed presentation) · ru ито́ги (condensed presentation) · sk zhrnutie (condensed presentation) · sh резѝме̄ (condensed presentation) · mi whakarāpopoto (condensed presentation) · gl resumo (condensed presentation) · el σύνοψη (condensed presentation) · tr fezleke (condensed presentation) · nl samenvatting (condensed presentation) · ar خُلَاصَة (condensed presentation) · it sommario (condensed presentation) · es resumen (condensed presentation) · ur خُلاصَہ (condensed presentation) · fi yhteenveto (condensed presentation) · ga achoimre (condensed presentation) · nl overzicht (condensed presentation) · fi tiivistelmä (condensed presentation) · ja 大要 (condensed presentation) · sv sammanfattning (condensed presentation) · hy համառոտ շարադրանք (condensed presentation) · nb oppsummering (condensed presentation) · sl povzetek (condensed presentation) · ro rezumat (condensed presentation) · ja 要約 (condensed presentation) · lo ສະລູບຄວາມ (condensed presentation) · hy ամփոփում (condensed presentation)