summed up
Gave the gist
Summed up is the past tense of sum up, meaning to give a brief statement of the main points of something.
A lawyer sums up a case at the end of a trial; a teacher might ask students to sum up what they learned.
That about sums it up is a way of saying that something has been adequately described or explained.
When something sums you up, it captures your essential character: One word that sums me up? Stubborn.
Brief review of events
- overviewBroad general summary
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- synopsisCondensed version of content
roundup · recapitulation · outline · digest · distillation · abridgment · compendium · synthesis
Expressed with minimal words
- pithyConcise and forceful
- terseBrief to bluntness
- laconicBrief in expression
- compactTightly packed together
condensed · compressed · abridged · crisp · tight · to the point · incisive · epigrammatic
Central essential portion
- cruxMost important point
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- kernelSeed or essential core
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
pith · nucleus · fundamentals · bedrock · foundation · cornerstone · underpinning · takeaway
recap
Brief review of events
synopsis · roundup · recapitulation · outline · digest · distillation · abridgment · compendium · synthesis · abstract
succinct
Expressed with minimal words
compact · condensed · compressed · abridged · crisp · tight · to the point · incisive · epigrammatic · telegraphic
core
Central essential portion
quintessence · pith · nucleus · fundamentals · bedrock · foundation · cornerstone · underpinning · takeaway · upshot
storyline
Sequence of fictional events
synopsis · scenario · sketch · outline · treatment · logline · pitch · blurb · teaser · back cover
- summariessynopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts, brief
- in summaryin short, in brief, briefly, succinctly, in a nutshell
summed upelaborated
Developed in greater detail
detailed · fleshed out · expounded · spelled out · amplified
summed upanalyzed
Studied methodically for meaning
dissected · itemized · decomposed · parsed · picked apart
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