summary

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/ Homophone: summery === Etymology 1 === From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives). ==== Adjective ==== summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary) Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form. Synonyms: summative, summarizing (part. adj.) Near-synonym: abstractive Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality. Near-synonym: extrajudicial (law) Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework. Hypernyms: expedited, expeditious ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose). ==== Noun ==== summary (plural summaries) An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material. ===== Synonyms ===== précis upshot, bottom line, short form (slang) Thesaurus:summary ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References ===