Definitions for summary

summary sum·ma·ry

Spelling: [suhm-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈsʌm ə ri/

Summary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in summary (ammrsuy).

Definitions for summary

noun

  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:
  3. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.

Origin of summary

1400-50; late Middle English Latin summārium, equivalent to summ(a) sum + -ārium -ary

Examples for summary

Each student should be quizzed on his reading, or should be required to give a summary of it.

Instead, the Lift monitors posture all day long and gives a daily summary of performance.

Officially this law is the summary Offences and Sentencing Amendment Bill.

You should look at our summary of benefits,” she continued, directing me to a handy online chart of “coverage examples.

He had not reckoned upon being dealt with in this summary fashion.

As an example of the differences in yield, a summary of the data for 1911 may be given.

They prepared a summary of the tale, and then enlarged the summary.

But the lawyer deleted that line from the final version of the summary.

I have recently established a web site containing a summary of what actually will be done within the purview of our research.

The summary of a lesson, given by the class, is a test of the effectiveness of instruction.

Word Value for summary
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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