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)
- 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.
- 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
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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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