All summary synonyms
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S s noun summary
- communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
- digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- explication — The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- yearbook — a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.
- memo — memorandum.
- dossier — a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
- gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
- breviary — a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office
- datum — a single piece of information; fact
- curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
- marginalia — Marginal notes.
- annuary — (obsolete) annual; yearly.
- analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- epitome — A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
- compend — a compendium
- outline — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- apercu — outline
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- acta — an official record of public events
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- belles-lettres — literary works, esp essays and poetry, valued for their aesthetic rather than their informative or moral content
- bio — a biography, often a very brief one
- lowdown — the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- info — information.
adj summary
- half-assed — insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- flasher — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
adjective summary
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- compacted — compressed as a result of physical pressure
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.