in summary
Wrapping it up
In summary introduces a brief restatement of main points or a concluding assessment: In summary, the project exceeded expectations but ran over budget.
It signals that what follows will distill the essence of a longer discussion.
The phrase typically appears at the end of presentations, reports, or arguments, functioning like "to sum up" or "in conclusion."
- recapBrief review of events
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- to sum upCondense into essentials
- in conclusionSignals the ending
- in a nutshellIn condensed form
long story short · précis · abstract · all in all · upshot · distillation · elevator pitch · outline · on the whole · by and large · all things considered · digest · summing up · for the most part · synthesis · when all is said and done · at the end of the day · meeting minutes
- Conclusion phrasesin conclusion, to conclude, finally, in closing, to sum up
- summariessynopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts, brief
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- logic wordsand, or, not, therefore, ergo
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
in summaryin detail
Comprehensively and specifically
in full · at length · in depth · to elaborate · exhaustively