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“Summary” or “Summery”

Overview

summary / summery are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

summary: (noun) a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form.

summery: (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer.

Pronunciation

summary: s·AH·m·er·iy

summery: NA

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Examples in Context

Examples of “summary”

  • Plot summary
  • Strabo gave a brief summary about the Mountaineer tribes, living…
  • …an acoustic fingerprint; a digital summary of the sound.
  • Summary of the 2017 Croatian local
  • …July 1991, 60 percent about summary killing, 25 percent about kidnapping,…
  • Results summary
  • …as well as a complete summary of most of his books…
  • Summary of key works
  • Matches and point scoring summary
  • Periodic summary messages posted to Usenet newsgroups…

Examples of “summery”



(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions drawn from WordNet.)


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