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summarize
CIDE DICTIONARY
summarize, v. t.
To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. Chambers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
summarize, v.tr. (also -ise) make or be a summary of; sum up.
Derivative
summarist n. summarizable adj. summarization n. summarizer n.
THESAURUS
summarize
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, add up, battologize, bob, boil down, brief, capsule, capsulize, cast up, cipher up, clip, compress, condense, contract, count up, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, detail, digest, dock, elide, epitomize, figure up, fill, foot up, foreshorten, give an encore, go over, go through, inventory, itemize, iterate, mow, nip, nutshell, outline, pad, poll, pollard, practice, prune, reaffirm, reap, reassert, recap, recapitulate, recite, reckon up, recount, reduce, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, retrench, retrograde, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again, score up, shave, shear, shorten, sketch, sketch out, snub, stunt, sum, sum up, summate, synopsize, take in, tally up, tautologize, telescope, tot up, total, total up, tote up, trim, truncateROGET THESAURUS
summarize
Compendium
VB abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract, recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up, abbreviate, condense, compile.For further exploring for "summarize" in Webster Dictionary Online