Definition
a summary: a synopsis, an outline, a rundown, a review
Do you have a summary of yesterday's meeting? I just need to know the basic points.
summary: concise, brief, condensed, compact
Here's a summary report on last year's profits. It's only an outline, but gives you the important information.
- "Below you will find a summary of Delavigne Corporation's financial results for the first half of this year."
- "Further to our conversation, here is a brief summary of the current policy you hold with Ouch Insurance."
- "That's a summary of my requests."
- "A quick summary"
- "That was a summary of the major events of the last month."
- "Below is a summary of the falls"
- "INCIDENT SUMMARY"
- "Commercial Auto Insurance Coverage Summary"
- "Here's a quick summary of facts about aliens"
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