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summarizing

summarizing is the present participle and gerund of summarize.

Meaning of summarize

Verb

summarize (third-person singular simple present summarizes, present participle summarizing, simple past and past participle summarized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
    • Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
    Synonyms:
    brief
  2. (ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
    • After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.
    Synonyms:
    sum up

Questions about summarizing

What is summarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Summarizing is the present participle and gerund of summarize.

Words near summarizing in the dictionary

  1. summarize
  2. summarized
  3. summarizer
  4. summarizers
  5. summarizes
  6. summarizing
  7. summary
  8. summary court-martial
  9. summary court-martials
  10. summary diligence
  11. summary dismissal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: summarizing (page history and authors); summarize (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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