The journal's summary of the study highlighted the main findings while omitting the statistical appendix.
该期刊的研究摘要突出了主要发现，但省略了统计附录。
A policy brief's executive summary states its recommendation in one sentence at the very top, before the body of the brief spends several pages laying out the data supporting that recommendation.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “summary”?
C — Short account; concise. “summary” means short account; concise.
Which word means “short account; concise”?
C — summary. “summary” means short account; concise.
summary — short account; concise. In Chinese: 摘要，概括.
summary is pronounced /ˈsʌməri/.
The journal's summary of the study highlighted the main findings while omitting the statistical appendix. (该期刊的研究摘要突出了主要发现，但省略了统计附录。)
synopsis, abstract, outline — all close in meaning to summary (short account; concise).
detailed, full-length — each the opposite of summary (short account; concise).
Yes. summary is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
sum(summary)+ary(noun/adjective).