summary
AdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi//
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Adjektiv
- 1
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Near-synonym: abstractive
A summary review is in the appendix.
Bernstein's critique of the philosophical basis of Marxism and its derivation from Hegelianism is summary in the extreme. He does not in fact seem to have known any more of Hegel's work than he could gather from the absurd simplifications of Engels.
- 2
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
Near-synonym: extrajudicial
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
- 3
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
The summary executions caused outrage.
Herkunft
From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
Substantiv
- 1
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.
make a summary of the events
Herkunft
From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose).
Formen
- Plural
- summaries
- Komparativ
- more summary
- Superlativ
- most summary
summary · Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
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