summarize
pronunciation
How to pronounce summarize in British English:
UK [ˈsʌməraɪz]
How to pronounce summarize in American English:
US [ˈsʌməraɪz]
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- Verb:
- give a summary (of)
- be a summary of
Word Origin
- summarize (v.)
- 1837, American English, from summary + -ize. Related: Summarized; summarizing.
Example
- 1. I summarize these discussions by stressing three factors .
- 2. The scope of the book makes it difficult to summarize .
- 3. Those holiday letters that summarize a family 's year usually leave out the key component of the experiences : the feelings about what happened .
- 4. Summarize a topic or issue .
- 5. So to summarize : lip plumpers work by damaging skin .