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   summing-up

   /ˌsʌmɪŋˈʌp/

   noun

   • 1. a restatement of the main points of an argument, case, etc.: "he was obviously startled at her cynical summing-up of his offer"
   • ▪ a judge's review of evidence at the end of a case, with a direction to the jury regarding points of law: "his summing-up left the jury in no doubt about his own views"

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   What is a summing-up in a trial?

   • In a trial, the judge's summing-up is the speech the judge makes at the end of the trial to remind the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   What does summing-up mean?

   • （审判结束前，法官或律师的）法庭辩论总结，最后陈词… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SUMMING-UP meaning: 1. a speech made by a judge or lawyer to the jury towards the end of a trial, telling them again….

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   Does 'summing up' mean 'to sum up'?

   • Yes, 'summing up' means 'to sum up'. Like most verbals, the infinitive and the present participle, or the gerund, have the same meaning. But some grammatical situations take only one or only the other, in the case of some specific verbs. He doesn't like summing up = He doesn't like to sum up.

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   What does it mean when a person sums up something?

   • When you sum something up, you describe it as briefly and completely as possible. For example, one voter in Brasilia summed up the mood by saying, "Politicians have lost credibility," he complained. If something sums a person or situation up, it represents their most typical characteristics. For instance, "I love my wife, my horse, and my dog," he said, and that summed him up.

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   Why was a summing-up a major ground for upsetting a conviction?

   • The failure of the trial judge to put this defence before the jury in his summing up was the major ground for upsetting the conviction. The lawyer dramatically changed the course of the trial by his brilliant summing-up. I mean, that kind of summing-up-women thing? It is a summing-up of former masterpieces of the artist.

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   Is Godard a summing-up statement?

   • Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024 These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'summing-up.'

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   Summing-up is the act or statement of one who sums up, or gives a brief overview of something. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and legal meaning from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Synonyms for SUMMING-UP: summary, outline, recapitulation, précis, summa, brief, sum-up, conspectus; Antonyms of SUMMING-UP: expansion, enlargement, amplification ...

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   Summing-up definition: 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..

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   The meaning of SUM-UP is summary. How to use sum-up in a sentence.

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