summary description

collocation in English

meaningsofsummaryanddescription

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summary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌm.ər.i/us
/ˈsʌm.ɚ.i/
a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofsummaryanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is asummarydescriptionof the document.
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Normally, we would have to claim that some additional representation of the distribution of feature values is included in thesummarydescription.
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At the end of this section when we give asummarydescriptionof the hyperbolic blocks we will spell out the case for flows.
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The production of asummarydescriptionof our environment in the form of such laws is a fundamental aim of science.
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Accompanying these papers both online and in print was a one- to two-pagesummarydescriptionwritten by the authors for a broad readership.
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That reference misuses, or did misuse air in itssummarydescription.
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This paper will describe how the instruments were identified and provide summary descriptions of 17 measures of general health status and quality of life.
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Detailed summary descriptions of excavations at the 63 sites tested are given and a catalogue of all surface finds is provided.
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We have defined these representations as summary descriptions of the ideal feature value for each feature of each test alternative.
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Both these pioneers gave asummarydescriptionof some ancient sites on the plateau, which attracted attention of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centurys travellers and scholars.
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These essays are mostly statements of the policies and aspirations of the individual museums (or their umbrella organisations) or summary descriptions of particular institutions and collections.
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This volume included several hundred photographs, 48 pages of measurement and summary descriptions of the field diaries.
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