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The definition of summary is a statement presenting the main points.

(adjective)

An example of summary is a type of review of what happened at a meeting.

Summary is defined as a quick or short review of what happened.

(noun)

An example of summary is the explanation of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" told in under two minutes.

See summary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that presents the substance or general idea in brief form; summarizing; concise; condensed
1. prompt and without formality; expeditious: summary punishment
2. hasty and arbitrary: a summary dismissal

Origin: ME < ML summarius < L summa, sum

noun pl. summaries

a brief statement or account covering the substance or main points; digest; abridgment; compendium

Origin: L summarium: see summarythe

Related Forms:

summarily adverb
summariness noun

See summary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.

noun pl. sum·ma·ries

A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin summārius, of or concerning the sum

Origin: , from Latin summa, sum; see sum

Related Forms:

sum·marˈi·ly (sə-mĕrˈə-lē) adverb

sumˈma·ri·ness noun

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