Dictionary

summarize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English summary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English summarize From summary + -ize.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
   • Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
2. (ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
   • An old friend summarized the mindset of much of the developed world wryly and succinctly: "We don't need the world, we only need money." In other words, we don't actually need real-world sources of life's essentials that are within our control or a functional biosphere because since we can buy everything we could possibly want or need with money. So, money is all we need. 2026 June 15, Charles Hugh Smith, We Don't Need the World, We Only Need Money:
   • After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.

Forms

Deriveds

missummarize · summarizer · summarization · unsummarized · summarizable

Synonyms

précis · brief · sum up

Translations (79)

bg резюми́рам (to prepare a summary) · de zusammenfassen (to prepare a summary) · mk обопшти (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · nl uitpuren (to prepare a summary) · fi esittää lyhyesti (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · tr özetlemek (to prepare a summary) · mk сумира (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ja 要約する (to prepare a summary) · el ανακεφαλαιώνω (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · fi tiivistää (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · la consummo (to prepare a summary) · pl reasumować (to prepare a summary) · ca resumir (to prepare a summary) · ru подыто́живать (to prepare a summary) · cmn 總結 /总结 (to prepare a summary) · fr récapituler (to prepare a summary) · ru обобща́ть (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ru обобщи́ть (to prepare a summary) · bg обобщавам (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · cmn 摘要 (to prepare a summary) · fi tiivistää (to prepare a summary) · sv sammanfatta (to prepare a summary) · pl streścić (to prepare a summary) · ga achoimrigh (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ar لَخَّصَ (to prepare a summary) · kk нәтижелеу (to prepare a summary) · kw berrskrifa (to prepare a summary) · ru подводи́ть ито́г (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · mi whakarāpopoto (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · pl sumować (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ms merumuskan (to prepare a summary) · pt resumir (to prepare a summary) · eu laburbildu (to prepare a summary) · vi tóm lược (to prepare a summary) · az yekunlaşdırmaq (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · hy ամփոփել (to prepare a summary) · ca recapitular (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · eo resumi (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ru подвести́ ито́г (to prepare a summary) · cmn 總結 /总结 (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · fr récapituler (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ru обобща́ть (to prepare a summary) · kk жинақтау (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · pl streszczać (to prepare a summary) · ru подыто́жить (to prepare a summary) · mi whakarāpopoto (to prepare a summary) · pl zreasumować (to prepare a summary) · nl samenvatten (to prepare a summary) · az yekunlaşdırmaq (to prepare a summary) · he סיכם (to prepare a summary) · ru обобщи́ть (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · mk обопштува (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · gd thoir geàrr-chunntas air (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ga achoimrigh (to prepare a summary) · hy ամփոփել (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · nl puren (to prepare a summary) · ru подыто́живать (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · vi tóm tắt (to prepare a summary) · nl opsommen (to prepare a summary) · ru конспекти́ровать (to prepare a summary) · gd thoir geàrr-chunntas air (to prepare a summary) · de zusammenfassen (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · hu összefoglal (to prepare a summary) · it riassumere (to prepare a summary) · pl zsumowywać (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · vi tóm lại (to prepare a summary) · es resumir (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ru подвести́ ито́г (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · es resumir (to prepare a summary) · ru подыто́жить (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · ru подводи́ть ито́г (to prepare a summary) · pl podsumowywać (to prepare a summary) · fa خلاصه کردن (to prepare a summary) · it riassumere (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · pl zsumować (to give a recapitulation of salient facts; to recapitulate or review) · fr résumer (to prepare a summary) · pl podsumować (to prepare a summary) · ko 요약하다 (to prepare a summary) · ar اِخْتَصَرَ (to prepare a summary)