summing up
Concluding with totals
Summing up is the act of stating the main points briefly, usually at the end of a discussion or presentation: In summing up, let me emphasize three key findings.
A judge's summing up reviews evidence and legal points before the jury deliberates.
The phrase works as both a noun and a verb form: His summing up was concise; She's summing up the argument now.
Quick overview of facts
- reviewCritical written assessment
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- digestMetabolize or summarize
roundup · restatement · rehash · reprise · retrospective · recount · highlights · key points
Overall perspective on things
- broad strokesMain features only
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
thumbnail · sketch · panorama · bird's-eye view · framework · perspective · outline · generalization
Concluding summary or review
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- closing remarksFinal statements concluding presentation
- final wordConcluding statement in dispute
last word · capstone · endgame · verdict · resolution · outcome · denouement · final thoughts
Combining into a whole
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- pulling togetherCoordinating collective effort
- unificationMerging into one entity
- fusionJoining into unity
bringing together · melding · blending · coalescence · combination · distilling · crystallizing · connecting the dots
rundown
Quick overview of facts
- reviewCritical written assessment
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
- synopsisCondensed version of content
digest · roundup · restatement · rehash · reprise · retrospective · recount · highlights · key points · takeaways
big picture
Overall perspective on things
- broad strokesMain features only
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- essenceFundamental nature of something
snapshot · thumbnail · sketch · panorama · bird's-eye view · framework · perspective · outline · generalization · schematization
wrap-up
Concluding summary or review
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- closing remarksFinal statements concluding presentation
final word · last word · capstone · endgame · verdict · resolution · outcome · denouement · final thoughts · closing statement
integration
Combining into a whole
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- pulling togetherCoordinating collective effort
- unificationMerging into one entity
bringing together · fusion · melding · blending · coalescence · combination · distilling · crystallizing · connecting the dots · making sense of
- summariessynopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts, brief
- criminal courtstrials, courtroom, verdicts, defendants, accused
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
summing upintroducing
Making first acquaintance
opening · beginning · opening remarks · introduction · starting out
summing upelaborating
Developing in greater detail
expanding · developing · fleshing out · unpacking · digressing
summing upbreaking down
Stopping working properly
analyzing · dissecting · decomposing · itemizing · pulling apart
sum, summer, summary, sums, summarize, summers, summing, summation, summative