How do you pronounce summary?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/.

Where does summary come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

summary

/ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: sum-ma-ry
IPA: /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/

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Meaning

adj

Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.

adj

Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.

adj

Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

noun

An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: abstractive"
"A summary review is in the appendix."
"Bernstein's critique of the philosophical basis of Marxism and its derivation from Hegelianism is summary in the extreme. He does not in fact seem to have known any more of Hegel's work than he could gather from the absurd simplifications of Engels."
"Near-synonym: extrajudicial"
"They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people."
"The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases."

Etymology

From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: summary, summārius, summa, summārium

Inflected Forms

more summary (comparative) most summary (superlative) summaries (plural)

Derived Forms

summarily summariness metasummary microsummary midsummary summarist summarize summarizer

Phrases

summary court-martial summary dismissal executive summary in summary management summary summary diligence summary execution summary judgment

Frequently Paired Words

in summary recapitulate blurb

Synonyms

summative summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]> abstractive extrajudicial précis upshot bottom line short form abridgment abstract compendium conspectus

Homonyms

summery

Rhymes With

rumery