SUMMARISING Synonyms

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• a periodical that summarizes the news

• something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

• convert food into absorbable substances

• arrange and integrate in the mind

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• become assimilated into the body

• systematize, as by classifying and summarizing

• soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

• make more concise

• soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

• enclose in a capsule or other small container

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• the line that appears to bound an object

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• draw up an outline or sketch for something

• trace the shape of

• summarize briefly

• repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

• repeat an earlier theme of a composition

• old material that is slightly reworked and used again

• present or use over, with no or few changes

• go back over

• a new appraisal or evaluation

• an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

• a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

• (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

• a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

• a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

• (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

• practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

• a formal or official examination

• look at again; examine again

• appraise critically

• hold a review (of troops)

• refresh one's memory

• look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

• combine so as to form a more complex, product

• combine and form a synthesis

• a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

• give a summary (of)

• be a summary of

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• a summary of your academic and work history

• take up or begin anew

• return to a previous location or condition

• assume anew

• give a summary (of)

• a quantity of money

• a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

• the final aggregate

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the whole amount

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• be a summary of

• determine the sum of