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synopsize

synopsize verb: to give a synopsis (summary) of.

Verb

synopsize (third-person singular simple present synopsizes, present participle synopsizing, simple past and past participle synopsized)

  1. (transitive) To give a synopsis (summary) of.
    • But into that tangle, just as crucial, went the smell of the cover, the color and cream resistance of the pages, the week in which I read any given epic, the friends for whom I synopsized, the bed, the lamp, the room where I read.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 247

Synonyms of synopsize

Forms of synopsize

third-person singular presentsynopsizes
present participlesynopsizing
past participlesynopsized
pastsynopsized

Origin of synopsize

From synopsis + -ize.

Questions about synopsize

What does synopsize mean?
Synopsize means to give a synopsis (summary) of.
What part of speech is synopsize?
Synopsize is a verb.
What is the past tense of synopsize?
The past tense of synopsize is synopsized.

Words near synopsize in the dictionary

  1. synopsis
  2. synopsise
  3. synopsised
  4. synopsises
  5. synopsising
  6. synopsize
  7. synopsized
  8. synopsizes
  9. synopsizing
  10. synoptic
  11. synoptic climatology

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