| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short statement of main points |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum and substance, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
Antonyms: |
detail, dissertation, thesis |
| Main Entry: | abbreviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something shortened |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
augmentation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short document prepared from a longer one |
Synonyms: |
abridgment, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, outline, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
document, manuscript |
| Main Entry: | analysis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of results from examination |
Synonyms: |
estimation, evaluation, finding, interpretation, judgment, opinion, outline, reasoning, report, study, summary |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | annual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book produced once a year |
Synonyms: |
annuary, report, summary, yearbook |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, argument, boildown, case, condensation, conspectus, contention, data, defense, digest, epitome, outline, précis, sketch, summary, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information transmitted |
Synonyms: |
account, advice, announcement, briefing, bulletin, communiqué, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, hot story, ideas, info, information, inside story, intelligence, language, lowdown, message, missive, news, note, pipeline, poop, prophecy, précis, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work |
| Main Entry: | compendium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, brief, conspectus, digest, epitome, essence, guide, handbook, manual, overview, pandect, précis, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge |
| Main Entry: | condensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, boildown, breviary, brief, compendium, compression, concentration, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, essence, précis, reduction, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
unabridgment |
| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account in speech, writing |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn |
Antonyms: |
misrepresentation |