"in a word" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in a word, {{en-PP}} in a word
  1. (abbreviative action or effect): In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up Translations (briefly, concisely): əlqərəz (Azerbaijani), xülasə (Azerbaijani), sözün qısası (Azerbaijani), müxtəsər (Azerbaijani), bir sözlə (Azerbaijani), 總之 (Chinese Mandarin), 总之 (zǒngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), sanalla sanottuna (Finnish), lyhyesti sanoen (Finnish), en un mot (French), í stuttu máli (Icelandic), í einu orði (Icelandic), í einu orði sagt (Icelandic), jednym słowem (Polish), numa palavra (Portuguese), одни́м сло́вом (odním slóvom) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-in_a_word-en-prep_phrase-F~ADSe31 Disambiguation of 'briefly, concisely': 74 26
  2. (cumulative action or effect): In summation: all in all, altogether, in total, overall, to sum up
    Sense id: en-in_a_word-en-prep_phrase-wRQ5rnGu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "briefly, concisely",
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "í einu orði"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "í einu orði sagt"
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      "word": "numa palavra"
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