title: Summary
text: Summary may refer to:
   Abstract (summary), shortening a passage or a write-up without changing its meaning but by using different words and sentences
   Epitome, a summary or miniature form
   Abridgement, the act of reducing a written work into a shorter form
   Summary or executive summary of a document, a short document or section that summarizes a longer document such as a report or proposal or a group of related reports
   Introduction (writing)
   Summary (law), which has several meanings in law
   Automatic summarization, the use of a computer program to produce an abstract or abridgement
  
  See also 
   Overview (disambiguation)
   Recap (disambiguation)
   Synopsis (disambiguation)