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01. When you write a [summary] of a newspaper article, you should give the essential information, and leave out minor details.
02. Can you [summarize] the plot of the movie in a couple of paragraphs?
03. Vi Putnam once remarked that the entire [sum] of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.
04. A proper [summary] of an article does not include one's personal opinion on the topic.
05. In life, we are constantly [summarizing], whether it is telling a story about an experience we had, or outlining the plot of a movie we saw.
06. If I were to [sum] up the restaurant in one word, I would say "delicious!"
07. Gandhi once remarked that a man is the [sum] of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, and nothing else.
08. Louis Boone once said, "Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest [summary] of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."
09. The film could be described as a [summary] of the last 100 years of this country's history.
10. We watched a news [summary] of the major events of the year on television on New Year's day.
11. Once observations are complete, the data need to be organized and [summarized] into a form that allows for interpretation.
12. Students will be graded on [summaries] written for five different news articles.
13. On the final test, you will be required to [summarise] an article from a first year university textbook.
14. [Summarising] is a difficult but essential skill. You have to learn to restate the main ideas in your own words, without including any unimportant details.

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  • Summary — Sum ma*ry, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See {Sum}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, rapidly performed;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • summary — [sum′ə rē] adj. [ME < ML summarius < L summa,SUM] 1. that presents the substance or general idea in brief form; summarizing; concise; condensed 2. a) prompt and without formality; expeditious [summary punishment] b) hasty and arbitrary [a… …   English World dictionary

  • summary — (adj.) early 15c., from M.L. summarius of or pertaining to the sum or substance, from L. summa whole, gist (see SUM (Cf. sum)). Sense of done promptly is first found 1713. The noun meaning a summary statement or account is first recorded c.1500,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Summary — Sum ma*ry, n.; pl. {Summaries}. [F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See {Summary}, a.] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • summary — [adj] concise, to the point arbitrary, boiled down*, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell*, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run down, run through,… …   New thesaurus

  • summary — adj pithy, compendious, *concise, terse, succinct, laconic Analogous words: *brief, short: *quick, prompt, ready, apt: compacted or compact, concentrated (see COMPACT vb) Antonyms: circumstantial …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • summary — ► NOUN (pl. summaries) ▪ a brief statement of the main points of something. ► ADJECTIVE 1) dispensing with needless details or formalities. 2) Law (of a judicial process) conducted without the customary legal formalities. DERIVATIVES summarily… …   English terms dictionary

  • summary — ▪ I. summary sum‧ma‧ry 1 [ˈsʌməri] noun summaries PLURALFORM [countable] a short statement that gives the main information contained in a document, plan etc or the main things that happened at an event, without giving all the details: • Here is a …   Financial and business terms

  • summary — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, apt, clear, cogent (esp. AmE), excellent, fair, good, useful ▪ Is that a fair summary of the situa …   Collocations dictionary

  • summary — [[t]sʌ̱məri[/t]] summaries 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details. What follows is a brief summary of the process... Here s a summary of the day s news... Milligan… …   English dictionary

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