AVIU 49 Summarising and concluding

to express the most important ideas about a topic in a short form

to summarise

to state a position after considering all the information; or to state that you have come to the end

to conclude

to briefly repeat your main points + short form

to recapitulate, to recap

as we have seen: passive version

as has been shown

to conclude: prepositional phrase

in conclusion

adverbial expression introducing an abbreviated conclusion

in short

expressions introducing a summarising sentence (4)

to sum up, to summarise, in summary, in sum

expressions introducing a conclusing sentence (2)

to conclude, in conclusion

expressions introducing the end of a paper (or another discourse)(2)

to bring this paper to a close/end

synonym for main (points)

key (points)

prepositional expression: briefly

in a few words

to put it briefly (slighty more formal)

stated briefly

to give (collocates with a summary)

to provide

shortened form of an article, usually publicly available

abstract

short form of a text

précis (note: according to the OALD, the acute accent belongs to AE)

short and clear, without unnecessary words

concise

after considering the different facts or opinions

on balance

general (collocates with picture)

overall

in the final analysis

ultimately

as the final element in an enumeration

lastly

after what seems like an excessively long time

at last

prepositional expression: introducing a simple conclusion of a complex argument

in the end

in the last position of a sequence or a period of time

at the end