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As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
in a concise manner; in a few words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the history is summed up concisely in this book
- she replied briefly
- briefly, we have a problem
- to put it shortly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Amharic:
በአጭሩ
(bäʾäč̣ru)
— as a summary
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Arabic:
بِاخْتِصَار
(biḵtiṣār)
— as a summary
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Bashkir:
ҡыҫҡаһы
(qıśqahı)
— as a summary
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Bashkir:
оҙон һүҙҙең ҡыҫҡыһы
(oźon hüźźeñ qıśqıhı)
— as a summary
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Bashkir:
әйтәгүр
(əytəgür)
— as a summary
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Catalan:
en resum
— as a summary
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Catalan:
tot plegat
— as a summary
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Chinese Mandarin:
總之 /总之
(zǒngzhī)
— as a summary
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Dutch:
in het kort
— as a summary
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Finnish:
lyhyesti sanottuna
— as a summary
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French:
en bref
— as a summary
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French:
en résumé
— as a summary
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French:
en un mot
— as a summary
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German:
kurzum
— as a summary
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Greek:
εν συντομία
(en syntomía)
— as a summary
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Greek:
εν ολίγοις
(en olígois)
— as a summary
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Ancient Greek:
ἐν βραχεῖ
(en brakheî)
— as a summary
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Ancient Greek:
ἔμβραχυ
(émbrakhu)
— as a summary
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Hausa:
a taƙaice
— as a summary
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Hebrew:
בקיצור
— as a summary
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Hebrew:
בְּקִצּוּר
(bekitsúr)
— as a summary
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Hindi:
संक्षेप में
(saṅkṣep mẽ)
— as a summary
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Hungarian:
röviden
— as a summary
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Hungarian:
egyszóval
— as a summary
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Italian:
in breve
— as a summary
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Italian:
in quattro parole
— as a summary
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Italian:
in sostanza
— as a summary
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Japanese:
要するに
(yōsuruni)
— as a summary
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Latin:
dēnique
— as a summary
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Norwegian Bokmål:
i korthet
— as a summary
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Persian:
خلاصه
(xolâse)
— as a summary
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Persian:
به اختصار
(be ixtisâr)
— as a summary
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Polish:
w kilku słowach
— as a summary
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Polish:
w skrócie
— as a summary
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Portuguese:
em resumo
— as a summary
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Portuguese:
em suma
— as a summary
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Portuguese:
resumindo
— as a summary
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Portuguese:
para resumir
— as a summary
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Portuguese:
resumidamente
— as a summary
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Romanian:
pe scurt
— as a summary
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Russian:
коро́че говоря́
(koróče govorjá)
— as a summary
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Russian:
одни́м сло́вом
(odním slóvom)
— as a summary
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Sinhalese:
කෙටියෙන්
(keṭiyen)
— as a summary
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Spanish:
en resumen
— as a summary
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Spanish:
resumiendo
— as a summary
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Swedish:
i korthet
— as a summary
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Swedish:
summa summarum
— as a summary
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Tocharian B:
aultsorsa
— as a summary
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Turkish:
kısaca
— as a summary
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Ukrainian:
коро́тше ка́жучи
(korótše kážučy)
— as a summary
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Urdu:
اختصار کے ساتھ
(iḵtisār ke sāth)
— as a summary
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Yiddish:
אַ כּלל
(a klal)
— as a summary