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SUMMARIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a summary (of)

Example:

I will now summarize

Synonyms:

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "summarize" 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 "summarize"):

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:

summarization (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 of

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 "summarize" 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:

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

A plot of a cumulative dose-volume frequency distribution that graphically summarizes the simulated radiation distribution within a volume of interest of a patient which would result from a proposed radiation treatment plan.

(Dose Volume Histogram, NCI Thesaurus)