summation
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6.3
- noun
- /sʌˈmeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
alegato de clausura (jurídico)
- The report claimed that its findings represented "a summation of professional knowledge" available at the time.
- a brief summation
- the final summation
That was the closing, the summation of my whole career.
- That was the closing, the summation of my whole career.
- All right, we have a final summation and that will come from Ilya.
- So Jeff, for the final summation, would you take it away?
- That was a very good summation.
- So this is some guy who was a some poor guy in white guy in Louisiana, and this was his summation of politics.
- I heard this isn't the representative fair a summation of your friend in London's views.
Examples
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In that case, Your Honour, the prosecution is ready to begin its summation.
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That was the closing, the summation of my whole career.
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And for me, this is a real summation of where the environmental justice movement is at at this moment.
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That is a perfect summation of the human condition.
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Is that a fair summation, Martin?
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And I thought this was a beautiful summation of just what they are to each other.
Blog text (34) -
And now we return to the hearing in progress... as both sides present their summations.
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Board members then met to reach a final recommendation based on their separate summations.
Academic text (1995) -
And this is a summation of the South African internal investigation, which identifies the man as one Jan Mara is.
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The lawyer presented a clear summation of the evidence during her closing arguments.
Synonyms
397
2.7
A short statement giving the main points without details
167
2.2
The last part of an event, activity, or piece of writing
65
3.9
A short report that gives the main points of an event or meeting
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3.2
A short summary of the main points at the end of a meeting or show
5
1.9
A short summary that repeats the main points
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4.4
A short statement of the main points at the end of a meeting or court case
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7.8
A short summary that repeats the main points
1
3.9
A short description of the main points
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4.2
A short clear statement of the main points of a text
Antonyms
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Summation comes from the Latin summa meaning 'sum' or 'total' and is like the word summary or the phrase 'sum up', so in a trial a summation is the final speech that brings all the points together.