Takeaway

How it is used

Very common in presentations and meeting summaries: 'key takeaways', 'My main takeaway is…', 'What are the takeaways for our team?' Often used as the title of the final slide.

Example sentences

1. The key takeaway from today is that customers want faster delivery, not lower prices.

2. Could you send everyone three takeaways from the workshop?

Common collocations

• key takeaways
• main takeaway
• takeaways from the meeting
• three takeaways

Related terms

• highlightTo draw attention to the most important points or results so that people notice and remember them. As a noun, the best or most important part.
• to sum upA phrase that introduces a short summary of the main points at the end of a presentation, meeting or piece of writing.
• recapA short summary of the main points of a meeting, call or discussion, given at the end or sent afterwards. Also used as a verb.
• executive summaryA short section at the start of a report or proposal that gives the main findings and recommendations for busy readers.

More terms: Presentations

• slide
• deck
• walk through
• Q&A
• handout
• bullet point
• move on to
• pitch
• breakdown
• audience
• overview
• chart