Other forms: summaries
A summary is a short version giving only the main points. In summary, a brief summary, an executive summary.
Writing one well is harder than it looks: the skill is deciding what to leave out. An executive summary is the page at the front that most readers will read instead of the report. As an adjective, summary means done quickly without the usual formalities, and in law it is technical and severe — summary judgment, summary dismissal, summary execution.
1nounsummaryA short version giving only the main points.
“Read the summary at the start of the report if you haven't got time for the whole thing.”
2adjectivedoneDone quickly without the usual formalities.
“The captured soldiers faced summary execution without any trial.”
summary is a shortened account.
Also accepted in games: overview
Latin summarium comes from summa, the total or top — Roman sums were added upward, so the total sat at the top. Sum, summit and summary are the same top.
Latin
summa — total, sum
Medieval Latin
summārius
Middle English
summary
English, today
summary
From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA