Summary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural sum·ma·ries.
  1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
adjective
  1. brief and comprehensive; concise.
  2. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: to treat someone with summary dispatch.
  3. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.
noun plural -maries
  1. a brief account giving the main points of something
adjective (usually prenominal)
  1. performed arbitrarily and quickly, without formality
  2. (of legal proceedings) short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial
  3. the right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
  4. giving the gist or essence
Summary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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