Summary

Definition: Summary

Summary

Adjective

1. Performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice".

2. 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".

Noun

1. Brief account that presents the main points in a concise form.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "summary" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references)

Business

Computing

Law

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Summary

Compendium

Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.

Conciseness

Adjective: concise, brief, short, terse,close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious; (compendium); succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.

Description

Noun: description, account, statement, report; expose; (disclosure) specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief; (abstract); return; (record); catalogue raisonne; (list); guidebook; (information).

Earliness

Adjective: early, prime, forward; prompt; (active); summary.

Illegality

Lawless, arbitrary; despotic, despotical; corrupt, summary, irresponsible; unanswerable, unaccountable.

Shortness

Adjective: short, brief, curt; compendious, compact; stubby, scrimp; shorn, stubbed; stumpy, thickset, pug; chunky, decurtate; retrousse; stocky; squab, squabby; squat, dumpy; little; curtailed of its fair proportions; short by; oblate; concise; summary.

Transientness

Brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary; pressed for time; (haste); sudden, momentary; (instantaneous).

Crosswords: Summary

Books

• Plato on man : a summary and critique of his psychology with special reference to pre-Platonic, Freudian, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology (reference)

• Adjusted Worldwide Product-Supply-Chain-Specific Applications Market Forecast and Analysis Summary, 2001-2005 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Summary of Proceedings and Selected Papers: Symposium on the Planning and Implementation of Fisheries Management and Development Programmes in Afric (reference)

• Summary of Low Speed Airfoil Data (reference)

• Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data - Vol. 2 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Standard Summary Of Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents (reference)

• Ad $ Summary (reference)

• Bay Area Air Quality Management - Contaminant And Weather Summary (reference)

• Commercial Real Estate Studies - Metropolitan & Area Summary Reports Retail Study - Regional (reference)

• Summary Of Airworthiness Directives For Small Aircraft & Hel (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Temptation Summary (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Summary Execution (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Summary of need to develop prevention strategies for emerging infectious diseases (quote, Dr. Joshua Lederberg). Credit: CDC.

Photographs of covers of the CDC publications, Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease Threats, and the MMWR issue containing the Executive Summary. Credit: CDC.

Naturalist reading deep sea thermometers. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Second Part, p. xv. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Anemometer, thermometer, current drag, sextant, and carbonic acid apparatus. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxi. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Whimsical view of the freedom and beauty of the sea. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxv. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

H. M. S. CHALLENGER preparing to sound, 1872. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxix. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Sifting deposit looking for various forms of life from the deep sea. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xlix. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Trawl, dredge, tow-net, water-bottle, sounding machine, and sieves. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. liii. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

TIROS performance summary as of February 10, 1964. In: "TIROS A Story of Achievement" RCA, February 28, 1964, Table 5. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Summary Of Pediatric Immunization Recommendations. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Director shall lay a summary of these reports before the next meeting of the Conference. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Summary of Findings from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. (references)

Summary Findings From the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. (references)

These works include summary articles that do not use or report scientific results. (references)

Business

There continued to be numerous executions carried out after summary trials. (references)

After the summary table below, a few key asset-labor ratios are highlighted in additional tables. (references)

There is debate as to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) and Patient Information Leaflets (PIL). (references)

Children

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The Domestic Violence Summary Proceedings Act provides a limited legal framework for the protection of children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Complaints were made with the State and Frontier Regions Ministry, the Interior Ministry, and the NWFP provincial government that such summary deportations did not comply with the law. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

Amendments to the Summary Offences Act require that permits for public meetings and rallies be applied for 48 hours in advance instead of 24 hours, and make it an offense to hold a public meeting without a permit under the guise of conducting an exempted religious, educational, recreational, or sports function. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

There follows below a summary of activities subject to investment restrictions. (references)

Australia

This monthly publication (distributed globally) provides summary information on new U.S. products being offered for export. (references)

Senegal

Prospective bidders may learn of upcoming World Bank projects by subscribing to the World Bank's monthly operational summary. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

Secret or summary trials of 5 minutes duration occur. (references)

Morocco

Caids prepare the written summary of an arrest and subsequent interrogation. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Cases involving relatively small penalties are tried in Shari'a summary courts. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

In July the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on extrajudical, summary, or arbitrary execution, Asma Jahangir, expressed their deep concern over the murder and disappearance of indigenous leaders in the country. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

There also were reports of summary executions of Hausa in outlying villages. (references)

Political Economy

GREECE

Non-registered immigrants are liable to summary deportation if arrested. (references)

Trade

Argentina

A summary is given below. (references)

Netherlands

Below is a summary of the Dutch VAT rates. (references)

China

The National Institute of Standards (NIST) did a workshop on Chinese standards in Beijing March 10-12, 1999. The summary of the workshop results can be viewed at the following NIST website; http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/chinafile/brochure.htm. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

Should hospitalization be necessary, request a copy of your medical record, or a medical summary to take with you upon discharge. (references)

Women

Cameroon

In cases of sexual assault, a victim's family or village often imposed direct, summary punishment on the suspected perpetrator through extralegal means ranging from destruction of property to beating. (references)

Worker Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The Protection of Employment Act provides for compensation and worker rights, but these are restricted to protection from summary dismissal without compensation and reinstatement or severance pay if unfairly dismissed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "summary": aerodrome climatological summary ♦ climatological summary ♦ in summary ♦ job summary ♦ meteorological summary ♦ news summary ♦ summary dismissal ♦ summary judgement ♦ summary judgment ♦ summary log ♦ summary martial court ♦ summary Object Interchange Format ♦ summary of decisions ♦ summary of discussions ♦ summary of facts ♦ summary of the contents ♦ summary proceedings ♦ summary sheet ♦ summary statement ♦ summary table ♦ summary task ♦ summary treatment ♦ traffic summary. Additional references.

Albanian

raport përmbledhës, përmbledhje (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, budget, compendium, condensation, corpus, Garland, Miscellanea, miscellany, peroration, precis, reader, summing up, synopsis), konspekt (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, conspectus, epitome, note, scheme, sketch, syllabus, synopsis). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشف حساب (bill, statement of account), ‏ملخص (abridgement, abstract, compendium, digested, outline, summarized, summed up), ‏موجز (abridged, brief, briefly, compact, concise, digest, epitomized, laconic, outline, precis, short, summarized), ‏معجل (accelerated), ‏مختصر (abbreviated, abridged, brief, compendious, concise, outline, precis, shortened, summarized), ‏مجمل (outlined, precis, summarized, summed up), ‏عاجل (accelerate, hasten, immediate, instant, precipitate, prompt, rapid, speedy), ‏خلاصة (abstract, docket, epitome, essence, extract, extraction, gist, outline, pith, precis, quintessence, recap, recapitulation, resume, substance, summation), ‏الموجز (abridgement, synopsis). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съкратен (compact, contracted, truncate), сумарен (aggregate, resultant), сбит (agglomerate, brief, compact, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, firm, lapidary, open, serried, succinct, terse, thick, tight), резюме (abridgement, abstract, analysis, argument, capsule, conspectus, digest, epitome, memorandum, precis, recap, recapitulation, round up, run down, synopsis), кратко изложение (analysis, capsule, compendium, digest, precis), конспект (abstract, conspectus, epitome, examination paper, interrogatory, precis, questionary, questionnaire), обобщение (generalization, resume, round up), незабавен (immediate, instant, instantaneous, prompt, speedy, straightaway), безцеремонен (abrupt, blunt, brusque, gay, offhand, offhanded, unceremonious). (various references)

Chinese 

略 (outline, plan, rather, slightly, strategy, to plunder, to rob, to summarize), 簡介 (brief introduction), 總結 (summarize), 总�" (Summaries, summarise, summarization, summarize), 摘要 (abstract), 案�"� (brief, main points of a case), 小結 (brief, short). (various references)

Czech

sumární, souhrnný (aggregate, compendious, cumulative, global), souhrn (aggregate, precis, summation), shrnutí (recapitulation, resume), zkrácený, výtah (compendium, digest, elevator, lift, precis, syllabus), resumé (abstract, resume, sketch), přehled (cadastre, compendium, digest, outline, statement, survey, synopsis, table, view), hromadný (collective, wholesale). (various references)

Danish

sammenfattende oversigt, sammendrag (abridged version, abridgment, brief version, condensed version), udtog (abridgment), resume (abridgment), resumé (abstract, docket), refering (abstract), referat (abstract, minutes, record, report), kontoudtog (abstract of account, account statement, daily abstract, statement of account), kontoudskrift (abstract of account, account statement, statement of account), kontouddrag (abstract of account, account statement, statement of account), hovedindex. (various references)

Dutch

overzicht (abridgement, abstract, resumé, summery), excerpt (abridgement, abstract, resumé, summery). (various references)

Farsi 

ملخص (Compendious, Gist, Sketch), موجز (Compendious, Concise, Laconic, Succinct, Terse), مختصر (Compendium, Concise, Epitome, Little, Short, Succinct, Sum, Synopsis, Terse), خلاصه (Abstract, Compendium, Condensation, Digest, Epitome, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summation, Synopsis, Upshot), انجام شده بدون تاخیر, اختصاری , باشتاب (Apace). (various references)

Finnish

yhteenveto (abstract, resumé), tiivistelmä (abstract). (various references)

French

sommaire (succinct), relevé (survey), résumé (summarized, summation). (various references)

German

Zusammenfassung (abstract, combination, concentration, peroration, precis, resume, subsumption, summarization, summing, summing-up, synopsis, union), Inhaltsangabe (epitome, precis), Resümee (peroration, recapitulation, resume), kurz zusammengefasst (in a nutshell), auszug (abstract, departure, elixir, epitome, excerpt, exodus, extension, extract, move, procession, pull, pullout, recession, syllabus, walkout). (various references)

Greek 

περίληψη (abridgement, abstract, brief, comprisal, digest, docket, inclusion, precis, prospectus, resume, subsumption, syllabus, synopsis). (various references)

Hebrew 

מי�"י (from, immediate, instant, instantaneous, prompt, spontaneous, spot, swift), מזורז (accelerated, brisk, nimble, quick), מ�"יר (fast, fleet, nimble, nippy, quick, rapid, snap, spanking, speedy, swift), תמציתי (concise, essential, laconic, pithy, quintessential, succinct, synoptic, terse), תמצית (abstract, decoction, digest, epitome, essence, gist, heart, marrow, outline, pith, quintessence, sap, syllabus, synopsis), תקציר (abstract, brief, gist, resume, synopsis), קצור (abbreviation, abridgement, brevity, curtailment, reduction, resume, shortening, terseness), קצר (brief, concise, curt, short, shorty, terse). (various references)

Hungarian

összefoglalás (abstract, contraction, peroration, résumé, recapitulation, sum, summing up, syllabi, syllabus, synthesis), sommás (expeditious), rövidre fogott (terse), foglalat (casing, chasing, digest, faucet, girdle, holder, lamp socket, mount, mounting, setting, socket), összefoglalt (synoptic, synoptical). (various references)

Indonesian

ringkasan (compendium, epitome, precis, synopsis), rangkuman (armful, embrace). (various references)

Italian

sommario (abridgement, abstract, brief, digest, resumé, resume, rough, summation, summery, syllabus), riassunto (abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, brief, digest, precis), compendio (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, digest, epitome, excerpt, extract, outline, syllabus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

要旨 (essentials, fundamentals, gist), 抄録 (quotation, selection), 摘要 (outline). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

りゃくじゅつ (outline), てきよう (applying, outline), てきろく, けつ�'�" (wrap-up), ようし (adopted child, appearance, blank form, essentials, figure, fundamentals, gist, paper manufactured in the Western manner, premature death, proton, son-in-law), ようやく (digest, finally, gradually, hardly, jumping about, leaping with joy), ようら�" (cradle, handbook, orchid of Western origin, outline, survey), ようりゃく (epitome, outline), やく�'�" (contraction, verbal agreement), サマリ , ていよう (compendium, outline), あらすじ (outline), たいよう (important point, ocean, outline, situation, solar, sun, terms), りゃく�'�" (brief statement), りゃくせつ (outline), �"うりょう (advance for manuscript, bleak, broad-hearted, collar, comparison, condolence gift, consideration, copy-money, deliberation, desolate, dragon which has already ascended to the heavens, duchy, dukedom, flavoring, general plan, generosity, hidden genius, hill, imperial mausoleum, main points, neck, perfume, principality, proofreading completed, radiation intensity, rain dragon, rations, spices), �"うがい (deploration, disclosure, epitome, off grounds, off-campus, out of school, out of the pit, outline, outside a port or harbor, outside the premises, outskirts, palate, patriotic lamentation, pollution, pollution or environmental damage due to mining, public nuisance, reveal, righteous indignation, suburb), さつよう (compendium, outline), しょうろく (detailed record, quotation, selection, small stipend), がいよう (external use, ocean, open sea, outline), がいりゃく (gist, in brief, outline), がいかつ (generalization), おおすじ (outline), サマリー . (various references)

Korean 

개�" (schema, Schemas, Schemata, Summaries). (various references)

Manx

giare-choontey, giare (abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, brief, brusque, compact, concise, curt, laconic, short, undersized, undersized of persons, undersized of things). (various references)

Pig Latin

ummarysay

Portuguese

sumário (abridgement, abstract, briefs, compendium, content, digest, docket, playbill, precis, recess, resume, summery, syllabus, synopsis), resumo (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, docket, epitome, excerpt, extract, playbill, precis, resume, summery, syllabus, synopsis), epítome (precis, synopsis). (various references)

Romanian

sumar (abstract, compendious, concise, docket, epitome, hasty, resume, sketchy, summarily), scurt (brief, briefly, close, curt, short, skimpy, small, snippy, stocky, succinct), rezumat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, compendium, conclusion, digest, docket, epitome, recapitulation, resume, sketch, synopsis), cuprins (area, compass, comprised, content, contents, expanse, extent, field, included, inflamed, region, stretch, surface, well off, well to do), conspect (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, syllabus), breviar (breviary, office, vade mecum). (various references)

Russian 

сводка (bulletin, consolidated return, press proof), краткое изложение (digest, precis), конспект (compendium, conspectus, epitome, recapitulation, scheme, syllabus, synopsis, workbook). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rezime (abstract, conspectus, resume, summing up), kratak pregled (outline). (various references)

Spanish

sumario (argument, brief, buildup, docket). (various references)

Swedish

sammanfattning (comprehension, epitome, summing up, summing-up, synops, synopsis), sammandrag (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, brief, digest, epitome, precis, synopsis), översikt (conspectus, expose, outline, oversight, overview, schema, scheme, survey, syllabus). (various references)

Thai

ใจความสรุป, เกี่ยวกับศาลเตี้ย, โ�"ยสรุป, รว�"เร็ว (quick, rapid). (various references)

Turkish

kısaltma (abbr, abbreviation, abridgement, compendium, compress, compression, condensation, curtailment, retrenchment, shortening), özet (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, compress, condensation, conspectus, digest, epitome, extract, gist, outline, precis, resume, roundup, short, sum, summation, synopsis). (various references)

Ukrainian

сумарний, спрощений (basic, simplified), резюме (abstract, boildown, breviate, brief, capsule, compendium, digest, epitome, recap, recapitulation, resume, synopsis), швидкий (agile, arrowy, dapper, double quick, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleeting, hasty, nippy, precipitate, present, prompt, quick, rapid, snappy, spanking, speedy, swift, whipping, zippy), конспект (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, conspectus, epitome, outline, precis, recap, recapitulation, scheme, syllabus, workbook). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sơ lược (schematic), tóm tắt (briefly, recapitulative, synoptical), giản lược được miễn những thủ tục không cần thiết, b� i tóm tắt (run-down), được bớt những chi tiết không cần thiết. (various references)

Welsh

crynodeb (abstract). (various references)

epitoma, epitome, summa, summam, summaque, summarium, summas, summis. (various references)

summarius. (various references)

Misspellings

"Summary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Essemmay, Sammar, sumar, sumari, sumary, summar, summare, summay, Umayr. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: smarmy.

-2 letters: arums, muras, rammy, ramus, rummy, saury, smarm, summa.

-3 letters: amus, arms, army, arum, mars, mays, mums, mura, rams, rays, rums, ryas, sura, ursa, yams.

-4 letters: amu, arm, ars, ays, mar, mas, may, mum, mus, ram, ras, ray, rum, rya, sau, say, sum, umm, yam, yar, yum.

-5 letters: am, ar, as, ay, ma, mm.

+2 letters: summarily.

+3 letters: paramylums.

+5 letters: consummatory, immeasurably, membranously, praseodymium.