summarize

[ suhm-uh-rahyz ]
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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.

Origin of summarize

1
First recorded in 1870–75; summar(y) + -ize
  • Also especially British, sum·ma·rise .

Other words from summarize

  • sum·ma·riz·a·ble, adjective
  • sum·ma·ri·za·tion [suhm-uh-rahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌsʌm ə raɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, 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

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How to use summarize in a sentence

  • But, having summarised them, we also become aware of a very curious coincidence.

    The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
  • On the left bank of the Guadiana it is summarised by the word mañana; on the right bank the word used is amanhã.

    Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
  • The substance of the foregoing paragraphs may be briefly summarised thus.

  • See the statistical inquiries summarised in the Twenty-second Annual Report, 1869-70, pp.

  • As for the London Scottish, their services on these two days are well summarised in a memorandum sent in to me by Allenby.

    1914 | John French, Viscount of Ypres

British Dictionary definitions for summarize

summarize

summarise

/ (ˈsʌməˌraɪz) /


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

Derived forms of summarize

  • summarizable or summarisable, adjective
  • summarization or summarisation, noun
  • summarizer, summariser or summarist, noun

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