'Summary' definitions:
Definition of 'summary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" [syn: drumhead, summary]
adjective
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" [syn: compendious, compact, succinct, summary]
noun
A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" [syn: summary, sum-up]
Definition of 'Summary'
From: GCIDE
- Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, n.; pl. Summaries. [F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See Summary, a.] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Summary'
From: GCIDE
- Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See Sum.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'summary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviated,
- abbreviation,
- abridged,
- abridgement,
- abridgment,
- abrupt,
- abstract,
- account,
- accounts,
- alert,
- apocope,
- aposiopestic,
- apt,
- body count,
- brief,
- brusque,
- capitulation,
- census,
- clipped,
- close,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compendious,
- compendium,
- compressed,
- compression,
- concise,
- condensation,
- condensed,
- consolidation,
- conspectus,
- contracted,
- copy,
- core,
- count,
- crisp,
- critique,
- curt,
- curtailment,
- curtal,
- curtate,
- cut,
- decisive,
- decurtate,
- digest,
- 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,
- outline,
- 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,
- Spartan,
- speedy,
- statement,
- substance,
- succinct,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- summation,
- summing,
- summing up,
- summing-up,
- swift,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- synopsized,
- synoptic,
- taciturn,
- telescoping,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- transient,
- truncated,
- truncation