summarizer

C2 Topic:Communication
US /ˈsʌməˌraɪzɚ/ UK /ˈsʌməraɪzə/
noun Freq #1002915

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person, program, or other thing that condenses material into a summary

    The editor served as the report's summarizer, reducing two hundred pages to ten.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person, program, or other... abstractorepitomizercondensing tool
Opposites
elaboratorexpander
Word family
Related forms summarizesummarysummarization

Etymology

From summarize + the agent suffix -er. Summarize was built from summary, ultimately from Latin summa, 'the highest point, total, or main substance.'

Topics

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