summarize

American  

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /

especially British, summarise

verb (used with object)

summarized, summarizing

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

2. to constitute a summary of.

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summarize British  

/ ˈsʌməˌraɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• summarist noun
• summarizable adjective
• summarization noun
• summarizer noun
• unsummarizable adjective
• unsummarized adjective
• well-summarized adjective

Etymology

Origin of summarize

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

Example Sentences

The attackers manipulated Claude into functioning as an autonomous cyber agent, with the AI mapping internal systems, identifying high-value assets, pulling data and summarizing intelligence before human operators made decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The text-generating AI known as large language models can draft briefs, summarize medical notes and answer queries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amid the frenzy, Mr. Altman is his usual calm self — though he does say he uses ChatGPT to help him quickly summarize the avalanche of emails and documents coming his way.

From New York Times

You’ll be able to use them to write a rough draft of an email, automatically summarize a meeting and pull off many other cool tricks.

From New York Times

One of the most powerful abilities of A.I. language models is quickly summarizing large amounts of text.

From New York Times

Related Words

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