summarize

[ suhm-uh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing.

1. to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
2. to constitute a summary of.

summarize

/ ˈsʌməˌraɪz /

verb

1. tr to make or be a summary of; express concisely

Derived Forms

• ˈsummaˌrizable, adjective
• ˌsummariˈzation, noun
• ˈsummaˌrizer, noun

Other Words From

• sum·ma·riz·a·ble adjective
• sum·ma·ri·za·tion [suhm-, uh, -rahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
• sum·ma·riz·er sum·mar·ist noun
• un·sum·ma·riz·a·ble adjective
• un·sum·ma·rized adjective
• well-sum·ma·rized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of summarize¹

First recorded in 1870–75; summar(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

He and his collaborators are working on a paper summarizing what they’ve discovered so far, but they’re nearly out of ideas and will likely have to give up on Collatz soon — for now, at least.

From Quanta Magazine

Accurately summarizing long documents is difficult for humans too.

From Fortune

To summarize, it was only possible to arrange students so that no two were in the correct position relative to each other when N was odd.

From FiveThirtyEight

Mathematicians collate the representations of a given group into a table — called a character table — that summarizes information about the group.

From Quanta Magazine

Agnieszka Mika and Monika Fleshner summarized the studies behind that conclusion in the January 2016 Immunology and Cell Biology.

From Science News For Students

We can summarize the three and a half hours of Oscars content for shafted viewers.

From The Daily Beast

The plot is easy to summarize because there isn't much of it.

From The Daily Beast

This rant is pretty difficult to summarize coherently, so probably best to just watch for yourself.

From The Daily Beast

Rob Ford has a history of scandals too long to summarize in any one place.

From The Daily Beast

Netanyahu's meandering and uninspired drivel left many confused but I will attempt to summarize it.

From The Daily Beast

As Mr. Harwood is to appear frequently in this chronicle, it may be well to summarize briefly the facts of his history.

From Project Gutenberg

We need do little more than summarize then—adding a touch here and there, perhaps, from another point of view.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore, I shall do no more here and now than briefly summarize the Socialist answer to them.

From Project Gutenberg

To summarize: The intelligence of primitive man is indeed restricted to a narrow sphere of activity.

From Project Gutenberg

And now that I come to summarize these lessons I find a single note running through all--from beginning to end.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• compile
• encapsulate
• epitomize
• outline
• recap
• rehash
• sum up