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How to pronounce summary
Say it like this: /ˈsʌmɚi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does summary mean?
adjConcise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
“A summary review is in the appendix.”
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
“They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.”
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
“The summary executions caused outrage.”
nounAn abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
“make a summary of the events”
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