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noun

outline, epitome, digest, synopsis, abstract, recapitulation, rundown, abbreviation, abridgment, capitulation, paraphrase, compendium, résumé, essence, précis, extract, skeleton, brief, conspectus, prospectus, reduction, version, core, report, review, minutes, sense, essentials, case, survey, sketch, syllabus, condensation, summing-up, summation, pandect, aperçu, sum and substance, roundup, recap*, the long and short of a thing*, wrap-up*.

Antonyms expansion, amplification, elaboration. See syn. study at abridgment.abridgment.

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