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streszczenie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  • recapitulation noun A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
  • summary noun A short version of a longer text that covers only the main points.
  • synopsis noun A short summary that covers the main points of a book, film, or other written work.

Senses

streszczenie is used for these senses in English:

  • abstract An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • recapitulation (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
  • synopsis (authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

abstract — full definition

  1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
  3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
  4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

recapitulation — full definition

  1. noun A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
  2. noun (music) The part of a piece in sonata form where the earlier themes return.
  3. noun The idea that an organism's early growth mirrors stages in its species' evolutionary past.
  4. noun (theology) The idea that Christ's life restores and fulfils what came before in the Old Testament.
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