D defs.my
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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Summary

/sŭm'-ẽr-ē/ · Sum·ma·ry · IPA /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/
01 a. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
Syn. Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.
02 n. A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a ful…
pl. Summaries ((#))
  1. 1.
    A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.