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sum·ma·ry

summary

 
 
pronunciation:
suh m ri
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part of speech: noun
inflections: summaries
definition: A summary is short statement that describes what you or someone else already said or wrote but tells it without detail and focuses only on the most important things.
The article ended with a nice summary of all of the main points.When Jake got home from the movie, he gave us a summary of it. It sounded too scary for me.
similar words:
outline, review
derivations: summarily (adv.), summariness (n.)
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