Summary
noun
A short explanation of something.
At the end of the meeting, she gave a summary of the main points.
Often appears as...
- executive summary
- summary report
adjective
Done quickly without many details.
The thief was given a summary punishment.
Often appears as...
- summary justice
- summary punishment
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A short explanation of something.
At the end of the meeting, she gave a summary of the main points.
Often appears as...
- executive summary
- summary report
adjective
Done quickly without many details.
The thief was given a summary punishment.
Often appears as...
- summary justice
- summary punishment
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Length Matters
A summary should be brief, capturing the essence without extra details.
His book summary was only a paragraph long.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Points Only
Focus on the primary ideas or arguments, not everything mentioned.
The summary highlighted the article's key arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Personal Views
A summary should remain neutral, not reflecting the summarizer's opinions.
In her summary, she strictly stuck to the author's viewpoints.
Pro Tip 1/3Length Matters
A summary should be brief, capturing the essence without extra details.
His book summary was only a paragraph long.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Points Only
Focus on the primary ideas or arguments, not everything mentioned.
The summary highlighted the article's key arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Personal Views
A summary should remain neutral, not reflecting the summarizer's opinions.
In her summary, she strictly stuck to the author's viewpoints.
Pro Tip 1/3Length Matters
A summary should be brief, capturing the essence without extra details.
His book summary was only a paragraph long.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Points Only
Focus on the primary ideas or arguments, not everything mentioned.
The summary highlighted the article's key arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Personal Views
A summary should remain neutral, not reflecting the summarizer's opinions.
In her summary, she strictly stuck to the author's viewpoints.
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Keith Chen: Could your...
that we have access to as economists, and I'm going to try and strip away all of those possible differences, hoping to get this relationship to break. And just in summary, no matter how far I push this, I can't get it to break. Let me show you how far you can do that. One way to imagine that is I gather large datasets from around the world.
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
couldn't have made a better precis or summary of my work if he'd had my notes in front of him and he thought perhaps that his whole life's work was about to be stolen by this upstart this working class later as it was he appealed to his friends particularly those who looked
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Willie Smits: How to...
they have a democratic culture there, so there you can use the local justice system to protect your system. In summary, if you look at it, in year one the people can sell their land to get income, but they get jobs back in the construction and the reforestation,
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Can you spot the problem...
you can test them on real-world news. Even when full papers aren’t available without a fee, you can often find summaries of experimental design and results in freely available abstracts, or even within the text of a news article. Individual studies have results
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This one weird trick...
you can often find summaries of experimental design and results in freely available abstracts, or even within the text of a news article. It’s exciting to see scientific research covered in the news, and important to understand the studies’ findings.
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You aren't at the mercy...
excitement, comfort, discomfort. But these simple feelings are not emotions. They're actually with you every waking moment of your life. They are simple summaries of what's going on inside your body, kind of like a barometer.
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The United Genomes...
students on how to use that data now i'm launching that project today it's called the United genomes project and it's raised at that not medical school here is a summary of how it's going to work
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New thinking on the...
man-made global warming pollution, put into the atmosphere, thickening this, is trapping more of the outgoing infrared. You all know that. At the last IPCC summary, the scientists wanted to say,
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A brain in a supercompute...
by this piece of the brain. So, in summary, I think that the universe may have -- it's possible -- evolved a brain to see itself, which may be a first step in becoming aware of itself.
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Parasite Plague PIPE Big...
mothers don't always help pouches though are no protection from sun disasters october and summaries on its way this
Video examples
Keith Chen: Could your...
that we have access to as economists, and I'm going to try and strip away all of those possible differences, hoping to get this relationship to break. And just in summary, no matter how far I push this, I can't get it to break. Let me show you how far you can do that. One way to imagine that is I gather large datasets from around the world.
Video examples
Tim Flannery: Here on...
couldn't have made a better precis or summary of my work if he'd had my notes in front of him and he thought perhaps that his whole life's work was about to be stolen by this upstart this working class later as it was he appealed to his friends particularly those who looked
Video examples
Willie Smits: How to...
they have a democratic culture there, so there you can use the local justice system to protect your system. In summary, if you look at it, in year one the people can sell their land to get income, but they get jobs back in the construction and the reforestation,
Video examples
Can you spot the problem...
you can test them on real-world news. Even when full papers aren’t available without a fee, you can often find summaries of experimental design and results in freely available abstracts, or even within the text of a news article. Individual studies have results
Video examples
This one weird trick...
you can often find summaries of experimental design and results in freely available abstracts, or even within the text of a news article. It’s exciting to see scientific research covered in the news, and important to understand the studies’ findings.
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
excitement, comfort, discomfort. But these simple feelings are not emotions. They're actually with you every waking moment of your life. They are simple summaries of what's going on inside your body, kind of like a barometer.
Video examples
The United Genomes...
students on how to use that data now i'm launching that project today it's called the United genomes project and it's raised at that not medical school here is a summary of how it's going to work
Video examples
New thinking on the...
man-made global warming pollution, put into the atmosphere, thickening this, is trapping more of the outgoing infrared. You all know that. At the last IPCC summary, the scientists wanted to say,
Video examples
A brain in a supercompute...
by this piece of the brain. So, in summary, I think that the universe may have -- it's possible -- evolved a brain to see itself, which may be a first step in becoming aware of itself.
Video examples
Parasite Plague PIPE Big...
mothers don't always help pouches though are no protection from sun disasters october and summaries on its way this
Example 1 of 10
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Burt Rutan
American Scientist
I was shocked to find that there were actually climate scientists who wouldn't share the raw data, but would only share their conclusions in summary graphs that were used to prove their various theories about planet warming. In fact I began to smell something really bad, and the worse that smell got, the deeper I looked.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
Real history is far more complex and interesting than the simplistic summaries presented in Wikipedia articles. Knowing this allows you to question received wisdom, to challenge 'facts' 'everybody' knows to be true, and to imagine worlds and characters worthy of our rich historical heritage and our complex selves.
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Amanda Peterson
American Actress
I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
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John Battelle
American Businessman
It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.
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Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great education, and I took that education and worked very hard to get where I am. I would like my kids' lives to be exactly the same.
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Robert Fulghum
American Author
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.
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Parker Conrad
American Businessman
A good headline is far more than a summary. It has to characterize, in a few brief words, the most important themes and news items of the article it accompanies.
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Louis E. Boone
American Author
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.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
Quote examples
Burt Rutan
American Scientist
I was shocked to find that there were actually climate scientists who wouldn't share the raw data, but would only share their conclusions in summary graphs that were used to prove their various theories about planet warming. In fact I began to smell something really bad, and the worse that smell got, the deeper I looked.
Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
Real history is far more complex and interesting than the simplistic summaries presented in Wikipedia articles. Knowing this allows you to question received wisdom, to challenge 'facts' 'everybody' knows to be true, and to imagine worlds and characters worthy of our rich historical heritage and our complex selves.
Quote examples
Amanda Peterson
American Actress
I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
Quote examples
John Battelle
American Businessman
It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.
Quote examples
Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great education, and I took that education and worked very hard to get where I am. I would like my kids' lives to be exactly the same.
Quote examples
Robert Fulghum
American Author
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.
Quote examples
Parker Conrad
American Businessman
A good headline is far more than a summary. It has to characterize, in a few brief words, the most important themes and news items of the article it accompanies.
Quote examples
Louis E. Boone
American Author
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.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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