summarize
UK/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
summarize verb: to prepare a summary of (something).
Verb
summarize (third-person singular simple present summarizes, present participle summarizing, simple past and past participle summarized)
- To prepare a summary of (something).
- Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
- Synonyms:
- brief
- To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
- After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.
- An old friend summarized the mindset of much of the developed world wryly and succinctly: "We don't need the world, we only need money." In other words, we don't actually need real-world sources of life's essentials that are within our control or a functional biosphere because since we can buy...2026 June 15, Charles Hugh Smith, We Don't Need the World, We Only Need Money
- Synonyms:
- sum up
summarize meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Malay
summarize in Bengali
- সংক্ষেপ করা, সারসংক্ষেপ করা
summarize in Malayalam
- ചുരുക്കിപ്പറയുക, സംക്ഷേപിക്കുക
summarize in Arabic
- to prepare a summary
- لَخَّصَ laḵḵaṣa, اِخْتَصَرَ iḵtaṣara
summarize in Malay
- to prepare a summary
- merumuskan
More languagesFewer languages
- summarize in Persian
- خلاصه کردن xolâse kardan
- summarize in Vietnamese
- tóm lược, tóm tắt, tóm lại
Examples of summarize in a sentence
- The teacher had her students summarize the novel in point form for homework.
- To kick start your learning, let's summarize the basics.
- His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
Synonyms of summarize
Forms of summarize
| third-person singular present | summarizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | summarizing |
| past participle | summarized |
| past | summarized |
| alternative form | summarise |
| alternative form | sumize |
| alternative form | summize |
| alternative form | sumise |
| alternative form | summise |
Origin of summarize
From summary + -ize.
Words formed from summarize
Questions about summarize
- What does summarize mean?
- Summarize means to prepare a summary of (something).
- What is summarize in Bengali?
- Summarize in Bengali is সংক্ষেপ করা, সারসংক্ষেপ করা. See Summarize meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is summarize?
- Summarize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce summarize?
- Summarize is pronounced /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of summarize?
- The past tense of summarize is summarized.
Words near summarize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: summarize (page history and authors); Summarize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); summarize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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