summarization

[ suhm-uh-rahy-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of providing a summary, a brief restatement of something that captures all its important points:

   In this position you will be responsible for the collection, analysis, interpretation, and summarization of business data.

Word History and Origins

Origin of summarization¹

summariz(e) ( def ) + -ation ( def )

Example Sentences

It involves the robot summarizing only the broad strokes of other agents’ motions rather than capturing them in precise detail.

From MIT Technology Review

The answers to the queries are human generated if they could summarize the answer.

From Search Engine Land

To summarize, there is no longer a question of whether content creators should set up their individual Roku channels.

From Search Engine Land

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 MIT Technology Review

Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, summarized the findings in a blog post.

From Fortune

They swept through a summarization of the Nucleus as a whole during that critical period.

From Project Gutenberg

Red pencil checks may be placed against more significant topics, for quick summarization at the end of the month.

From Project Gutenberg

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