Meaning & use

wrap-up

noun·Everyday

A brief concluding summary of an event, meeting, or set of information.

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The manager gave a quick wrap-up of the project's progress before ending the meeting.

The nightly news ends with a wrap-up of the day's top sports stories.

A note on using this word

Wrap-up is written with a hyphen as a noun, while the phrasal verb form, wrap up, is written as two separate words.

Words with a similar meaning

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