wrap-up

American  

[rap-uhp] / ˈræpˌʌp /

noun

1. a final report or summary.

   a wrap-up of the evening news.

2. the conclusion or final result.

   the wrap-up of the election campaign.

3. Australian Slang. an enthusiastic recommendation or flattering account.

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wrap up British  

verb

1. (tr) to fold paper around

2. to put warm clothes on

3. slang (usually imperative) to be silent

4. informal (tr)

   1. to settle the final details of

   2. to make a summary of

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wrap up Idioms  

1. Bring to a conclusion, settle successfully, as in As soon as we wrap up this deal, we can go on vacation . [First half of 1900s]

2. Summarize, recapitulate, as in To wrap up, the professor went over the three main categories . [First half of the 1900s]

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Usage

What is a wrap-up? A wrap-up is a report or summary of something, as in Lana likes the wrap-ups of her essays to repeat what’s in her introductions.A wrap-up is also the conclusion of something, such as the final scene of a movie in which you find out what happens to all the characters.Wrap-up is a noun that comes from an informal sense of the verb phrase wrap up, meaning to make a summary of.Example: Did you ever get to create the wrap-up for the last meeting?

Etymology

Origin of wrap-up

First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase wrap up

Example Sentences

Kelly Sumner, chair of Pilton Parish Council, added: "In our wrap-up meeting, villagers' comments were overwhelmingly supportive of how well the traffic was managed for the 2025 festival."

From BBC

Reflecting that quirky organization, the book ends on tangent rather than a big wrap-up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Barron’s brings retirement planning and advice to you in a weekly wrap-up of our articles about preparing for life after work.

From Barron's

Daniels: When you look at the finale of “The Office,” everybody was going off in their own direction that had a lot of, in my view, meaningful wrap-up of their story.

From Los Angeles Times

Somehow that doesn’t take away from a wrap-up that promises nothing we want is too late to be worth fighting for, as long as you have the strength to get up from the mat, change up your old stances and embrace new ideas of what winning looks like.

From Salon

Related Words

• close
• complete
• conclude
• end
• halt
• terminate
• wind up