Also spelled summarise

US /ˈsʌmɝˌaɪz/ UK /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
verb Freq #27105

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To give a short account of the main points of something.

    Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to give a short account of... sum upsumresume
Word family
Forms summarizedsummarizessummarizing

Etymology

From summary + -ize. From summ(ary) + -arize.

Topics

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