SUMMARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summary mean? 

• SUMMARY (noun)
  The noun SUMMARY has 1 sense:

1. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

  Familiarity information: SUMMARY used as a noun is very rare.

• SUMMARY (adjective)
  The adjective SUMMARY has 2 senses:

1. performed speedily and without formality

2. briefly giving the gist of something

  Familiarity information: SUMMARY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sum-up; summary

Context example:

he gave a summary of the conclusions

Hypernyms ("summary" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "summary"):

argument; literary argument (a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie)

capitulation (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)

compendium (a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work)

abridgement; abridgment; capsule; condensation (a shortened version of a written work)

conspectus (an overall summary)

curriculum vitae; CV; resume (a summary of your academic and work history)

line score (a summary of the scoring in a game (usually in tabular form))

abstract; outline; precis; synopsis (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)

overview (a general summary of a subject)

roundup (a summary list; as in e.g.)

resume; sketch; survey (short descriptive summary (of events))

rundown; summation; summing up (a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court))

Derivation:

summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

summary (briefly giving the gist of something)

• SUMMARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Performed speedily and without formality

Synonyms:

drumhead; summary

Context example:

summary justice

Similar:

unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Briefly giving the gist of something

Synonyms:

compact; compendious; succinct; summary

Context example:

a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

Similar:

concise (expressing much in few words)

Derivation:

summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

 Context examples 

A summary of the biological actions of a substance.

(Biological profile, NCI Dictionary)

The process of creating a summary of the main points of an article, argument, or theory.

(Abstracting, NCI Thesaurus)

I was flushed by her summary of delights, and replied that it would indeed be a treat, but what would my mother say?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) are used to study adverse event summaries and Investigational New Drug reports to the Food and Drug Administration.

(CDISC SDTM Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event Grade Terminology Version 4.0, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) trial summary parameters.

(CDISC SEND Trial Summary Parameter Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) trial summary parameter short names.

(CDISC SEND Trial Summary Parameter Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A summary of somebody's educational and work experience, usually for the information of possible future employers.

(Curriculum Vitae, NCI Thesaurus)

This will be the same as the study level target accrual unless this study has parallel Epochs, in which case the summary will only count the accruals for arms in this Epoch.

(Epoch Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A text that abstracts the salient information from the document summary description.

(Document Summary Description Synopsis, NCI Thesaurus)

Common toxicity criteria (CTC) is used in study adverse event summaries and Investigational New Drug reports to the Food and Drug Administration.

(Common Toxicity Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)