summarize
/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
Example Sentences
- "Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday."
- "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."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
- British English: /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
Inflected Forms
summarizes (present, singular)
summarizing (participle, present)
summarized (participle, past)
summarized (past)
summarise (alternative)
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