summarize

[ suhm-uh-rahyz ]

/ ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /

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verb (used with object), sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing.

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

to constitute a summary of.

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Also especially British, sum·ma·rise .

Origin of summarize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM summarize

sum·ma·riz·a·ble, adjectivesum·ma·ri·za·tion, nounsum·ma·riz·er, sum·mar·ist, nounun·sum·ma·riz·a·ble, adjective

un·sum·ma·rized, adjectivewell-sum·ma·rized, adjective

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How to use summarize in a sentence

It involves the robot summarizing only the broad strokes of other agents’ motions rather than capturing them in precise detail.
The key to smarter robot collaborators may be more simplicity|Karen Hao|November 13, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The answers to the queries are human generated if they could summarize the answer.
Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT?|Dawn Anderson|October 29, 2020|Search Engine Land
To summarize, there is no longer a question of whether content creators should set up their individual Roku channels.
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President Nixon’s press conferences reach millions of viewers and radio listeners, and later are summarized for a similarly large audience by the daily press.
From the archives: Reaching the masses|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review

Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, summarized the findings in a blog post.
Coinbase received 1,914 requests in 6 months from FBI, ICE, and other agencies|Jeff|October 16, 2020|Fortune
They swept through a summarization of the Nucleus as a whole during that critical period.
Cubs of the Wolf|Raymond F. Jones
Red pencil checks may be placed against more significant topics, for quick summarization at the end of the month.
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various

British Dictionary definitions for summarize

summarize

summarise

/ (ˈsʌməˌraɪz) /

verb

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

Derived forms of summarize

summarizable or summarisable, adjectivesummarization or summarisation, nounsummarizer, summariser or summarist, noun

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