different between summary vs summarisation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin summ?rius, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??i/
• Homophone: summery

Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

1. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

   A summary review is in the appendix.

2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

   They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

3. (law) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

   Summary justice is bad justice.

Derived terms

• summarily

Translations

Noun

summary (plural summaries)

1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Synonyms

• upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)
• Thesaurus:summary

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English

Alternative forms

• summarization

Etymology

summarise +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??a??ze???n/

Noun

summarisation (countable and uncountable, plural summarisations)

1. (countable) The act of summarising

   Jim is very adept at summarisation.

2. (uncountable) The process of summarising

   After summarisation, these documents seem much simpler.

3. (countable) A summary; the result of summarising

   Jim's summarisation of the incident was very useful.

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