summary

n. brief and comprehensive overview of the main points of a body of material, abstract, synopsis, recapitulation

adj. concise, condensed; rapid, performed without delay, done in a quick and unceremonious manner

For the legal procedural document, see Summary judgment. A summary is a shortened version of the original. The main purpose of such a simplification is to highlight the major points from the genuine (much longer) subject, e.g. a text, a film or an event. The aim is to help the audience get the gist in a short period of time.A summary starts with a lead, including title, author, text type and the main idea of the text. It has a clearly arranged structure and is written in a logical, chronological and traceable manner. In contrast to a résumé or a review, a summary contains neither interpretation nor rating. Only the opinion of the original writer is reflected – paraphrased with new words without quotations from the text. Unlike a retelling, a summary has no dramatic structure and is written in present tense or historic present. Because summaries should be significantly shorter than the original, minor facts have to be left out. In summaries only indirect speech is used and depictions are avoided. Summaries of books or dissertations present the major facts in common scientific language and should be about from a half up to one page long.
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(a.)
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
  

(a.)
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.
  

(a.)
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
  

Noun
1. a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"
(hypernym) statement
(hyponym) argument, literary argument
(derivation) sum up, summarize, summarise, resume
Adjective
1. performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice"
(synonym) drumhead
(similar) unofficial
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"
(synonym) compendious, compact, succinct
(similar) concise