sum|ming-up

sum|ming-up
sum|ming-up «SUHM ihng UHP», noun, plural sum|mings-up.
1. the act or process of summarizing: »

... an opportunity for philosophical reflection or summing-up (Scientific American).

2. a summary: »

It is read in the Netherlands as a summing-up of the experiences of so many Hollanders (London Times).

3. a recapitulation of the chief points of the evidence to a jury before it retires to consider a verdict: »

The Judge, resuming his summing-up yesterday, said... (Sunday Times).

4. Figurative. an estimate of the qualities or character of a person or thing; size-up: »

The profile of President Lowell is the fairest, saltiest summing-up I have ever read (Atlantic).


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