0 a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas about something: --
1 done suddenly, without discussion or a legal process: --
2 a brief, clear statement giving the most important facts about something: --
In summary, Chen’s book is a good introduction to the subject.
The assignment was to write a summary of the news.
3 a short statement of the main ideas or facts in a report, discussion, etc.: --
4 a list of the different amounts of money that have been spent and received, for example, on a bank statement --
5 an expression used at the end of a report or discussion before stating its main ideas or facts: --
In summary, we must aim to maintain a stable supply of crude oil while protecting the environment.
Most chapters contain helpful summaries and suggestions for future research.
After reading each text, lear ners wrote summaries, which were scored in terms of the number of propositions recalled.
The summaries contained more main ideas than the recall protocols and the recalls contained a higher percentage of details than main ideas.
The factoid analysis investigated 50 different summaries from two news stories.
We did not have a naturally occurring corpus of human-written summaries, since tutors normally give feedback orally.
To the author 's credit, attempts to "shape" or refine par ticipants' expressions, observations, analyses, summaries, and so on do not appear in this work.
All valued the summaries produced by the physiotherapist at the conclusion of a period of intervention outlining the recommendations to the patient.
Accompanying such analyses we find stories within stories, plot summaries that present an (often complicated) opera in miniature, making the libretto manageable.
