summarize
To prepare a summary of (something).
Example
“Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.”
Other meanings
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
“After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.”
Synonyms
- sum up
Related words
- missummarize
- summarizable
- summarization
- summarizer
- unsummarized
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “summarize” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.