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summary

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/

The English word “summary” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
  2. Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
  3. Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

noun

  1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Etymology

From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).

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