Definition

1. Verb:
   • To partially sum up, to make a preliminary summing-up: The action of drawing interim or partial conclusions, especially during or after a discussion, meeting, or period of work, before a final comprehensive summary is made.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chúng ta cần sơ kết những ý kiến đã thảo luận trước khi tiếp tục. (We need to partially sum up the opinions that have been discussed before continuing.)
  • Cuối buổi sáng, chủ tọa đã sơ kết lại các vấn đề chính. (At the end of the morning session, the chairperson made a preliminary summing-up of the key issues.)

Advanced Usage

• "sơ kết công tác": to make a preliminary review/summary of work.
  • Hội nghị tiến hành sơ kết công tác quý I. (The conference conducted a preliminary review of the work in the first quarter.)
• "bản sơ kết": a preliminary summary report.
  • Anh ấy được giao nhiệm vụ viết bản sơ kết. (He was assigned the task of writing the preliminary summary report.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tổng kết (Verb/Noun): to summarize conclusively; a final summary or conclusion. This is the more comprehensive, final counterpart to "sơ kết".
  • Buổi tổng kết cuối năm sẽ diễn ra vào tuần sau. (The year-end summary meeting will take place next week.)
• Kết luận (Verb/Noun): to conclude; a conclusion. A broader term for reaching a final decision or judgment.

Synonyms

• Tóm tắt từng phần: to summarize partially.
• Đúc kết bước đầu: to draw initial conclusions.

Related Phrases

• Đánh giá sơ bộ: to make a preliminary assessment/evaluation. This is closely related in context but focuses more on assessment than on summing up points.

1. Sum up partially, make a preliminary summing-up of a discussion