verb
summarize
SUH-muh-ryz
verb
1
To reduce a longer piece of writing or speech down to its essential points.
"Can you summarize the meeting for anyone who missed it?"
"The report summarizes three years of research in just two pages."
How to Use Summarize
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo boil something long down to its main points.
UK vs US
Both British and American English use "summarize"; British writing sometimes uses "summarise" instead.
Common pairings
summarize the findings
summarize briefly
to summarize
Word Forms
summarized past tense, summarizes singular
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Etymology
From summary + the verb-forming suffix -ize.