A summary or abridgement of a text or document.

A summary or abstract of written records, a legal document, etc. Obsolete.

The action of listing the main headings of a subject; summation; enumeration. Also as a count noun. Cf. recapitulation, n.1 1a. Obsolete.

A ‘definition’ or concise statement of a principle in any science.

The summary or abstract of the subject matter of a book; a syllabus; figurative the contents.

A statement of particulars or details in a concise form; a synopsis, a conspectus. Obsolete.

An abridgement of the results of this process, esp. one displayed in tabulated form; a synopsis, a conspectus.

the brief, used absol. like the short. Obsolete.

A piece of text extracted or copied from a larger work. Cf. abstract, v. 3a. Obsolete.

A brief or condensed statement presenting a combined or general view of something; a table, or set of paragraphs or headings, so arranged as to…

The summary of the contents of a book, esp. as given in a list or analytical table of contents. Obsolete.

= synopsis, n.

A summary, epitome, abstract; the argument of a literary work. Obsolete.

An analytical or tabular statement. A conspectus, exposition in outline; an epitome exhibiting the structure of a book, passage, argument, etc…

A concise statement or table of the heads of a discourse, the contents of a treatise, the subjects of a series of lectures, etc.; a compendium…

A concise or abridged statement; an abstract, a summary; (also) the action or practice of writing this.

The act of stating only the main or essential points of something; summarizing. Also: an instance of this; a summary.

A summary exposition, a conspectus. Also, a revealing glimpse; an insight.

More usually concrete. A tabulation of particulars or details presenting a general view of them; a synopsis, digest.

(See quot. 1884.)

an author's summary of his or her own work.

A brief introductory summary of an article in a newspaper or on a website, typically appearing immediately after the headline and typographically…