Idea and Summary

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Summary and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Summary" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Summary noun - A short statement of the main points.

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Idea and summary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Summary".

good	good idea	good summary
exact	exact idea	exact summary
better	better idea	better summary
original	original idea	original summary
Other adjectives: initial, rough, simple, neat, actual, entire, real, great, little, excellent, amusing, decent, vague, general, possible, above, basic.

Summary: When Alex Summers broke out of supermax to rescue his stupid kid brother, he had no idea it was going to be so fucking complicated.

Source: Fanfic Recs / X-Men
Summary: Six months after the death of Makarov the world is finally starting to get used to the idea of peace.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Gate
The summary is almost certainly the first thing your prospective reader will see; it is where they go to know what the story's about and to get some idea whether they will want to read it or not.

Source: I Suck at Summaries

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