summary1 nounsummary2 adjective
summarysum‧ma‧ry1 /ˈsʌməri/ ●●○ AWL noun (plural summaries) [countable] 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- "The progress we hoped for has clearly not developed," the council said in the summary to its final report.
- I've made a summary of the main points in the Secretary General's speech.
- In its report on the speech, the radio carried a brief summary, but did not broadcast the whole thing.
- There will be a news summary at 9.05.
- Write a two-page summary of the results of your research.
- As summaries go, this one does its job.
- As you go through the process, a summary of where you stand is available at the click of a mouse.
- But in this brief summary we have to choose; and we choose the testimony of the novel for two reasons.
- Each one of perhaps a group of four should prepare a brief summary of an article of general interest.
- I ask to see this summary.
- Stephen Pople's books are summaries of the science course up to Year 9, and are good reference books.
- The results of the Survey are presented in three sections, each of which begins with a summary of its major findings.
Longman Language Activatora statement in which facts or ideas are summarized► summary
Collocations a short statement that gives only the main ideas and facts of something that has been written or said: · "The progress we hoped for has clearly not developed," the council said in the summary to its final report.· In its report on the speech, the radio carried a brief summary, but did not broadcast the whole thing.summary of: · Write a two-page summary of the results of your research.· I've made a summary of the main points in the Secretary General's speech.news summary British (=a short programme reporting the main events in the news): · There will be a news summary at 9.05.
► outline a short statement, especially a written one, that summarizes a statement or piece of writing and contains only the most important points: · Write a short outline covering the main points before you start on your essay.outline of: · The book begins with an outline of the events that led to the First World War.broad outline (=a very general outline): · In this paper I will give a broad outline of the research we have been doing.in outline (=giving an outline): · This chapter shows, in outline, the way money circulates through the economy.
► overview a short statement that summarizes a whole subject, situation, or problem in a general way: · Before we can consider the details we need to have an overview of the whole situation.overview of: · The aim of the first chapter is to provide a general overview of the subjects that will be covered.
► rundown a report, especially a spoken one, that summarizes a set of events or a situation quickly and simply: rundown of: · I want a complete rundown of what's been happening while I've been away.· What follows is a rundown of all the ways one company tries to market its products.rundown on: · Here is a rundown on the outdoor activities available in the resort.
► precis a short piece of writing, especially one written by a student as a formal language exercise, intended to summarize the main points of a longer piece of writing: precis of: · I want you to write a precis of the whole passage in not more than 80 words.
► synopsis a short piece of writing that summarizes the story of a film, play, or book: · I read the synopsis and decided that it would make an interesting film.synopsis of: · Please write a synopsis of the story, not more than 100 words long.
what you say when you are going to summarize something► to sum up/to summarize/in summary use this at the beginning of a sentence when you are going to summarize what has been said, especially at the end of a speech: · To sum up, the jury found the wrong person guilty.· To summarize, Bremer is saying "you just have to trust me."· In summary, don't waste your money on this book.
► in a nutshell use this when you are summarizing a situation or idea in a few words: · In a nutshell, the state government is expected to be $2 million in debt by the end of the year.· A study of women at work says, in a nutshell, that opportunities have opened up dramatically.put it in a nutshell: · Bob put it in a nutshell when he said the problems was essentially a lack of communication.
► in short use this to say the most important point about a situation in a few words: · In short, the report says that more money should be spent on education.· In short, the better a parent you are during the first 18 years, the better friends you'll be later.
► to cut a long story short especially British /to make a long story short American say this when you want to finish a story quickly and only tell people the most important parts: · To make a long story short, Stephen had a fight with Paul and ended up in the hospital.· I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► summary execution
Word family (=one that is done immediately, without a trial or any legal process)· Protestors face summary execution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► brief· These objectives and a brief summary of the main tasks are given below.· What kind of answers, in briefest possible summary, were they suggesting?· This may be a brief summary of reasons or a full decision dictated by the chairman.· But in this brief summary we have to choose; and we choose the testimony of the novel for two reasons.· Each one of perhaps a group of four should prepare a brief summary of an article of general interest.· A brief summary is in order for those of you not inclined to keep track of shenanigans and other assorted tomfoolery.· But any brief lay summary runs the risk of getting things wrong.· Coleman also gave brief summaries of how each supervisor has done with regard to youth issues.
► following· A clearer demarcation might be drawn between the traditional subject headings lists and thesauri by the following summary of differences: 1.· The following summary of nursing responsibilities for the care of surgical patients may appear complex at first glance and impossible to remember.· If so, he or she should read the following summary of Section 2.· The following case summary illustrates a situation where this was necessary.· The following is a summary of the content of the course.
► short· An abstract is a short summary of content.· It provides a short summary of the main event of the story, although in itself does not constitute a narrative.· A short summary of what you regard as your strong points makes an excellent final paragraph to distinguish you from other candidates.· They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract.· Epithets can be abusive: You clumsy fool! epitome A short summary of a speech or book.
► useful· Ratios can provide useful summaries of relative efficiency or progress.· That can be studied, if necessary in the useful summary supplied by Emile Leonard.· Hart's Book selection and use in academic libraries provides a useful summary of recent literature.· Gilder's literature survey contains a useful summary of information on the costs of relegation and various types of storage.
VERB► contain· Gilder's literature survey contains a useful summary of information on the costs of relegation and various types of storage.· When they were done, Charles Aanded Stark an account book containing a summary of the last two months' transactions.
► give· Lloyd George gave only a summary of the letter and stressed its Liberal contents.· In this introduction I have tried to give more than a summary.· The report gave a brief summary of the afternoon when the Phoenix Dance Company visited our school.· Maybe I can give you a better summary of that in December.· B2 is a precis, giving only a summary of the original.· Coleman also gave brief summaries of how each supervisor has done with regard to youth issues.· Results Table I gives a summary of the results for endoscopic and symptomatic success.· All I shall do at this stage is to give a summary of how I see effective religious education.
► include· Also included are summaries which discuss particular experiences from many areas of the voluntary sector.· This six-part report includes an executive summary followed by an analysis of prospects and limitations of the technology.· These outline specifications have been included to provide a summary of the new awards.
► produce· This project will finalise that collation and produce a summary document for use by policy makers and practitioners.· In addition to a highly technical assessment document, there is a duty to produce a summary that the public can read.
► provide· Ratios can provide useful summaries of relative efficiency or progress.· Table 4. 2 provides a summary of the services offered by national level ISPs.· Chapter 8 provides a summary of the findings from the previous chapters and draws conclusions.· Table 5.5 provides a summary of the results.· These outline specifications have been included to provide a summary of the new awards.· It provides a short summary of the main event of the story, although in itself does not constitute a narrative.· These two paragraphs provide a fairly bald summary of the legal position.· Hart's Book selection and use in academic libraries provides a useful summary of recent literature.
WORD FAMILYnounsummaryverbsummarize
a short statement that gives the main information about something, without giving all the details: 
A brief summary is given on a separate sheet.summary of The group produces a monthly summary of their research.in summary In summary, do not sell your shares.summary1 nounsummary2 adjective
summarysummary2 AWL adjective [only before noun] Word OriginWORD ORIGINsummary2
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 Medieval Latin summarius, from Latin summa; ➔ SUM1EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- Section 24 provides for a power of summary arrest in respect of arrestable offences as defined in that section.
- Were students satisfied with this summary justice?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► summary execution
1formal done immediately, and not following the normal process: (=one that is done immediately, without a trial or any legal process)· Protestors face summary execution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► conviction· The penalty on summary conviction is a fine of up to £5,000.· On summary conviction, the statutory maximum penalty is six months imprisonment, with a fine of up to £1000.· The maximum fine, on summary conviction, for certain offences is £2,000.
► execution· Their leaders outside the jails issue orders that have to be obeyed on pain of summary execution.· The conservatives and their newspapers took this occasion to denounce Arista for the summary execution of a political offender.· Further macabre details of summary executions, including the use of dynamite to dismember prisoners, are expected to be released soon.· The results were fairly similar to 1967: two summary executions and one piece of major surgery.· Much ill-feeling was vented out on former collaborators, many of whom faced summary execution before government authority was fully established.
► form· Further examples were provided in summary form in Chapter 6.
► judgment· The Crown was thus entitled to the summary judgment.· Woods has moved to dismiss the case, while Steiger has moved for summary judgment.
► report· It interprets the data and provides summary reports to the client running the program.· In the classroom the groups are at work writing a summary report on the area.· The summary report included no quantitative measurements.
a summary execution2a summary report, statement etc gives the main facts in a report etc without any of the details or explanations