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summing-up

[suhm-ing-uhp]

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noun

plural

summings-up

a summation or statement made for the purpose of reviewing the basic concepts or principles of an argument, story, explanation, testimony, or the like, and usually presented at the end.

summing-up

noun

a review or summary of the main points of an argument, speech, etc
a direction regarding the law and a summary of the evidence, given by a judge in his address to the jury before they retire to consider their verdict

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Word History and Origins

Origin of summing-up¹

1780–90; sum up + -ing ¹

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That wasn't a bad summing-up of my book.

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"The only decision that is juridically possible - even if it's on a human level a difficult one - is acquittal," defence lawyer William Bourdon said in his summing-up Thursday.

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The Christmas broadcasts have long served as a kind of annual summing-up about the doings of the royal family, including births, heirs, anniversaries, jubilees and deaths.

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But unless you’re an Irving superfan craving a big summing-up, the novel’s muchness might simply suffocate.

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In April of last year, NBC anchor Lester Holt did a summing-up report on Afghanistan as "America's longest war" by offering one and only one casualty figure: "2,300 American deaths."

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