noun, adjective
noun (plural summaries) a short statement that gives only the main points of sth, not the details:
The following is a summary of our conclusions. * a news summary * a two-page summary of a government report * In summary, this was a disappointing performance.
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (formal) giving only the main points of sth, not the details:
a summary financial statement * I made a summary report for the records.
2 (sometimes disapproving) done immediately, without paying attention to the normal process that should be followed:
summary justice / execution * a summary judgement
summarily adverb:
to be summarily dismissed / executed
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for summary is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does summary appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — summary appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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