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Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌməɹˌa͡ɪz], [ sˈʌməɹˌaɪz], [ s_ˈʌ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪ_z]
The word "summarize" refers to the act of condensing a text or narrative into a few words or sentences that convey its main points. There are several synonyms for "summarize" that can be used depending on the context and purpose of the summary. "Abstract" refers to a summary of a scientific or technical paper. "Digest" conveys the idea of a concise and organized presentation of information. "Outline" implies a brief and structured overview of a text or concept. "Condense" suggests the reduction of a lengthy or complex account into a more manageable format. "Sum up" or "recap" are more informal alternatives that emphasize brevity and clarity.
Related words: summarize meaning, summarize sentence, summarize article, summarize paragraph, summarize speech, summarize message
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Similar words for summarize:
- boil down (noun)
- abbreviate (verb)
- abridge (verb)
- abstract (verb)
- brief (verb)
- compress (verb)
- detail (verb)
- digest (verb)
- encapsulate (verb)
- generalize (verb)
- give a rundown (verb)
- list (verb)
- outline (verb)
- paraphrase (verb)
- recap (verb)
- recapitulate (verb)
- report (verb)
- restate (verb)
- survey (verb)
Synonyms for Summarize:
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n.
• boil down- boil .
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v.
• abbreviate- boiled down ,
- boiling down ,
- gat meat ,
- gat the meat ,
- gat to meat ,
- gat to the meat ,
- get meat ,
- get the meat ,
- gets meat ,
- gets the meat ,
- gets to meat ,
- gets to the meat ,
- getting meat ,
- getting the meat ,
- getting to meat ,
- getting to the meat ,
- got meat ,
- got the meat ,
- got to meat ,
- got to the meat ,
- gotten meat ,
- gotten the meat ,
- gotten to meat ,
- gotten to the meat ,
- put a nutshell ,
- put nutshell ,
- puts a nutshell ,
- puts in a nutshell ,
- puts in nutshell ,
- puts nutshell ,
- putting a nutshell ,
- putting in a nutshell ,
- putting in nutshell ,
- putting nutshell ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces .
- blue penciled ,
- blue penciling ,
- blue pencilled ,
- blue pencilling ,
- blue pencils ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- re strict ,
- re-strict .
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- gave lowdown ,
- gave rundown ,
- gave the lowdown ,
- give lowdown ,
- gives lowdown ,
- gives rundown ,
- gives the lowdown ,
- giving lowdown ,
- giving rundown ,
- giving the lowdown ,
- in form ,
- in forming ,
- in forms ,
- in-form ,
- in-forming ,
- in-forms ,
- lets in on ,
- letted in on ,
- letting in on ,
- pre pare ,
- pre pared ,
- pre pares ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-pare ,
- pre-pared ,
- pre-pares ,
- pre-paring ,
- show lay land ,
- show lay of land ,
- show lay of the land ,
- show lay the land ,
- show ropes ,
- show the lay land ,
- show the lay of land ,
- show the lay the land ,
- showed lay land ,
- showed lay of land ,
- showed lay of the land ,
- showed lay the land ,
- showed ropes ,
- showed the lay land ,
- showed the lay of land ,
- showed the lay of the land ,
- showed the lay the land ,
- showed the ropes ,
- showing lay land ,
- showing lay of land ,
- showing lay of the land ,
- showing lay the land ,
- showing ropes ,
- showing the lay land ,
- showing the lay of land ,
- showing the lay of the land ,
- showing the lay the land ,
- showing the ropes ,
- shows lay land ,
- shows lay of land ,
- shows lay of the land ,
- shows lay the land ,
- shows ropes ,
- shows the lay land ,
- shows the lay of land ,
- shows the lay of the land ,
- shows the lay the land ,
- shows the ropes ,
- up date ,
- up dated ,
- up dates ,
- up dating ,
- up-date ,
- up-dated ,
- up-dates ,
- up-dating .
- Syncopating ,
- de hydrate ,
- de hydrated ,
- de hydrates ,
- de hydrating ,
- de-hydrate ,
- de-hydrated ,
- de-hydrates ,
- de-hydrating ,
- densened ,
- densening ,
- densens ,
- densified ,
- densifies ,
- densifying ,
- force in to space ,
- forced in to space ,
- forced into space ,
- forces in to space ,
- forces into space ,
- forcing in to space ,
- forcing into space ,
- made brief ,
- makes brief ,
- making brief ,
- presses together ,
- pressing together ,
- syncopates ,
- tele scoped ,
- tele scoping ,
- tele-scoped ,
- tele-scoping .
- Circumstantiating ,
- catalogged ,
- catalogging ,
- circumstantiates ,
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de tail ,
- de tailed ,
- de tailing ,
- de tails ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- de-tail ,
- de-tailed ,
- de-tailing ,
- de-tails ,
- fly specked ,
- fly specking ,
- fly specks ,
- gat down brass tacks ,
- gat down to brass tacks ,
- get down brass tacks ,
- gets down brass tacks ,
- gets down to brass tacks ,
- getting down brass tacks ,
- getting down to brass tacks ,
- got down brass tacks ,
- got down to brass tacks ,
- gotten down brass tacks ,
- gotten down to brass tacks ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- quote chapter verse ,
- quoted chapter and verse ,
- quoted chapter verse ,
- quotes chapter and verse ,
- quotes chapter verse ,
- quoting chapter and verse ,
- quoting chapter verse ,
- re cite ,
- re cited ,
- re cites ,
- re citing ,
- re counted ,
- re counting ,
- re counts ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re late ,
- re veals ,
- re-cite ,
- re-cited ,
- re-cites ,
- re-citing ,
- re-counted ,
- re-counting ,
- re-counts ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-lated ,
- re-veal ,
- re-veals ,
- sets forth ,
- sweated details ,
- sweating details ,
- sweats details ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers .
- Journalize ,
- account ,
- audit ,
- book ,
- budget ,
- catalog ,
- check ,
- chronicle ,
- collect ,
- count ,
- document ,
- file ,
- index ,
- invoice ,
- itemize ,
- list ,
- log ,
- note ,
- record ,
- recount ,
- register ,
- schedule ,
- score ,
- store ,
- table ,
- tabulate ,
- tally ,
- total .
- Skeletonized ,
- Skeletonizing ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- skeletoned ,
- skeletoning ,
- skeletonizes ,
- telling about ,
- tells about ,
- told about .
- disambiguated ,
- disambiguates ,
- disambiguating ,
- express other words ,
- express own words ,
- express words ,
- expressed in other words ,
- expressed in own words ,
- expressed in words ,
- expressed other words ,
- expressed own words ,
- expressed words ,
- expresses in other words ,
- expresses in own words ,
- expresses in words ,
- expresses other words ,
- expresses own words ,
- expresses words ,
- expressing in other words ,
- expressing in own words ,
- expressing in words ,
- expressing other words ,
- expressing own words ,
- expressing words ,
- para phrase ,
- para phrased ,
- para phrases ,
- para phrasing ,
- para-phrase ,
- para-phrased ,
- para-phrases ,
- para-phrasing ,
- re hash ,
- re hashed ,
- re hashes ,
- re hashing ,
- re phrase ,
- re phrased ,
- re phrases ,
- re phrasing ,
- re word ,
- re worded ,
- re wording ,
- re words ,
- re-hash ,
- re-hashed ,
- re-hashes ,
- re-hashing ,
- re-phrase ,
- re-phrased ,
- re-phrases ,
- re-phrasing ,
- re-word ,
- re-worded ,
- re-wording ,
- re-words .
- bad mouth ,
- dis cuss ,
- dis cussed ,
- dis cusses ,
- dis cussing ,
- dis-cuss ,
- dis-cussed ,
- dis-cusses ,
- dis-cussing ,
- gave one opinion ,
- gave one's opinion ,
- gave ones opinion ,
- gave opinion ,
- give one opinion ,
- give ones opinion ,
- gives one opinion ,
- gives one's opinion ,
- gives ones opinion ,
- gives opinion ,
- giving one opinion ,
- giving ones opinion ,
- giving opinion ,
- re cap ,
- re capped ,
- re capping ,
- re caps ,
- re edit ,
- re edited ,
- re editing ,
- re edits ,
- re vise ,
- re vised ,
- re vising ,
- re-capped ,
- re-capping ,
- re-caps ,
- re-edited ,
- re-editing ,
- re-edits ,
- re-vise ,
- re-vised ,
- re-vising ,
- reads through ,
- reedited ,
- reedits ,
- skins alive ,
- swiped at ,
- swipes at ,
- swiping at ,
- writ a critique ,
- writ critique ,
- write critique ,
- writes a critique ,
- writes critique ,
- writing critique ,
- wrote a critique ,
- wrote critique .
- go same round ,
- goes over same ground ,
- goes same round ,
- goes the same round ,
- going over same ground ,
- going same round ,
- going the same round ,
- ran through again ,
- re capitulate ,
- re capitulated ,
- re capitulates ,
- re capitulating ,
- re iterate ,
- re iterated ,
- re iterates ,
- re iterating ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re play ,
- re played ,
- re playing ,
- re plays ,
- re-capitulate ,
- re-capitulated ,
- re-capitulates ,
- re-capitulating ,
- re-iterate ,
- re-iterated ,
- re-iterates ,
- re-iterating ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- re-play ,
- re-played ,
- re-playing ,
- re-plays ,
- running through again ,
- runs over ,
- runs through again ,
- went over same ground ,
- went same round ,
- went the same round .
- re state ,
- re stated ,
- re states ,
- re stating ,
- re-state ,
- re-stated ,
- re-states ,
- re-stating ,
- trans late ,
- trans-lated .
- checked up ,
- checking over ,
- checking up ,
- checks over ,
- checks up ,
- gave once over ,
- gave the once over ,
- give once over ,
- gives once over ,
- gives the once over ,
- giving once over ,
- giving the once over ,
- in spect ,
- in spects ,
- in-spect ,
- in-spects ,
- look up on ,
- looked up on ,
- looking up on ,
- looking upon ,
- looks over ,
- looks up on ,
- looks upon ,
- over look ,
- over looked ,
- over looks ,
- over saw ,
- over see ,
- over seeing ,
- over seen ,
- over sees ,
- over-look ,
- over-looking ,
- over-looks ,
- over-saw ,
- over-seen ,
- over-sees ,
- pro spect ,
- pro spects ,
- pro-spects ,
- re search ,
- re searched ,
- re searches ,
- re searching ,
- re-searched ,
- re-searching ,
- sets at ,
- setting at ,
- sized up ,
- sizes up ,
- staked out ,
- stakes out ,
- super intend ,
- super intended ,
- super intending ,
- super intends ,
- super vise ,
- super vised ,
- super vising ,
- super-intend ,
- super-intended ,
- super-intending ,
- super-intends ,
- super-vise ,
- super-vised ,
- test waters ,
- tested the waters ,
- tested waters ,
- testing the waters ,
- testing waters ,
- tests the waters ,
- tests waters .
Other synonyms:
- perorate .
- develop .
- review .
Other relevant words:
- CODED ,
- Cataloguing ,
- Circumstantiated ,
- Decocted ,
- Decocting ,
- Initiating ,
- Inventoried ,
- Re-search ,
- Squashing ,
- Summed ,
- Summing ,
- Surveyed ,
- Tabulated ,
- Telescoping ,
- Valuing ,
- Wedging ,
- abstract ,
- blue pencil ,
- boil down ,
- boils down ,
- brief ,
- catalogued ,
- check over ,
- check up ,
- checked over ,
- circumstantiate ,
- codify ,
- coding ,
- compress ,
- condense ,
- cut to bone ,
- decoct ,
- decocts ,
- densen ,
- densify ,
- detail ,
- digest ,
- disambiguate ,
- enumerate ,
- express in other words ,
- express in own words ,
- express in words ,
- filled in ,
- fly speck ,
- force into space ,
- get down to brass tacks ,
- get to meat ,
- get to the meat ,
- give rundown ,
- give the lowdown ,
- give the once over ,
- go over same ground ,
- go the same round ,
- inform ,
- initiate ,
- inventorying ,
- let in on ,
- look over ,
- look upon ,
- looked over ,
- looked upon ,
- looking over ,
- make brief ,
- nutshell ,
- nutshells ,
- oriented ,
- outline ,
- paraphrase ,
- portraying ,
- press together ,
- pressed together ,
- put in a nutshell ,
- put in nutshell ,
- quote chapter and verse ,
- ran over ,
- recap ,
- recapitulate ,
- replay ,
- replayed ,
- replaying ,
- replays ,
- report ,
- restate ,
- reworded ,
- run over ,
- run through again ,
- running over ,
- scoped ,
- scoping ,
- set at ,
- set forth ,
- setting forth ,
- show the lay of the land ,
- show the ropes ,
- size up ,
- sized ,
- sizing ,
- snip ,
- spell out ,
- spelled out ,
- squash ,
- stake out ,
- staking out ,
- summate ,
- summated ,
- summates ,
- summating ,
- survey ,
- sweat details ,
- syncopate ,
- syncopated ,
- synopsize ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- telescope ,
- telescoped ,
- telescopes ,
- test the waters ,
- thicken ,
- thickening ,
- tip off ,
- tipped off ,
- tipping off ,
- tips off ,
- took out ,
- transcribed ,
- update ,
- valuate ,
- wedge ,
- wedged .
- Battologize ,
- Tautologize ,
- abbreviate ,
- abridge ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- add up to ,
- bob ,
- calculate ,
- capsule ,
- cast up ,
- cipher ,
- cipher up ,
- clip ,
- come to ,
- compile ,
- consolidate ,
- continue ,
- contract ,
- count up ,
- crop ,
- curtail ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cut short ,
- decrease ,
- dock ,
- docket ,
- edit ,
- elide ,
- epitomise ,
- fill ,
- foot up ,
- foreshorten ,
- give main points ,
- go over ,
- go through ,
- hit the high spots ,
- include ,
- itemise ,
- iterate ,
- join ,
- mow ,
- nip ,
- pad ,
- pare ,
- pare down ,
- poll ,
- pollard ,
- practice ,
- practises ,
- prune ,
- reaffirm ,
- reap ,
- reassert ,
- recite ,
- reckon up ,
- recover ,
- reduce ,
- regain ,
- rehash ,
- rehearse ,
- reissue ,
- reiterate ,
- relate ,
- repeat ,
- reprint ,
- reprise ,
- restart ,
- resume ,
- retail ,
- retrench ,
- retrieve ,
- retrograde ,
- revert ,
- reword ,
- run through ,
- shave ,
- shear ,
- shorten ,
- shrink ,
- sketch ,
- sketch out ,
- skim ,
- snub ,
- stunt ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summarise ,
- summarizing ,
- summary ,
- tighten ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- tote up ,
- trim ,
- truncate ,
- typify ,
- wrap up .
- RE-CAP ,
- Trashed ,
- badmouth ,
- give one's opinion ,
- give opinion ,
- giving one's opinion ,
- re-edit ,
- read through ,
- reading through ,
- recapped ,
- recapping ,
- reedit ,
- reediting ,
- skin alive ,
- skinned alive ,
- skinning alive ,
- swipe at ,
- write a critique ,
- writing a critique .
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How to use "Summarize" in context?
In writing, summarizing is taking a complex topic and distilling it down to its key points. It can be a helpful tool for making your writing more concise and easier to follow.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
summarise.
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Noun, singular or mass
summarise.
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Verb, past tense
summarise.
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Verb, past participle
summarised.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
summarise.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
summarises.
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Verb, base form
summarise.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
short.
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Noun, singular or mass
nutshell.
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Verb, past tense
outlined.
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Verb, past participle
outlined.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
outlines.
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Verb, base form
analyze, capture, compile, conclude, condense, consolidate, distil, integrated, recapitulate, reiterate, synthesise.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
sum.
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Verb, base form
encapsulate, sum.
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Noun, singular or mass
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