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    SUMMARISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they summarise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it summarises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: summarised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: summarised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: summarising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Give a summary (of)play

    Example:

    I will now summarize

    Synonyms:

    resume; sum up; summarise; summarize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "summarise" is one way to...):

    ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

    Verb group:

    sum; sum up; summarise; summarize (be a summary of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "summarise"):

    abstract (give an abstract (of))

    precis (make a summary (of))

    docket (make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list)

    recap; recapitulate (summarize briefly)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    summarisation (the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly)

    summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Be a summary ofplay

    Example:

    The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper

    Synonyms:

    sum; sum up; summarise; summarize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "summarise" is one way to...):

    say; state; tell (express in words)

    Verb group:

    resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    summarisation (the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly)

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