summarize
verbCA, US, UK /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
Etymology From summary + -ize.
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.
- After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.
- 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:
- Synonyms
- précis
- Derived terms
- missummarize, summarizable, summarization, summarizer, unsummarized