summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsə-mə-ˌrīz 
summarized; summarizing
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
Examples of summarize in a Sentence
I would like to take a moment to summarize the facts that I presented earlier.
He summarized by saying we needed better planning and implementation.
To summarize, we need better schools.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
During a July City Commission meeting, Commissioner Richard Lara, who received at least one of the surveys but did not respond to it, summarized the allegations detailed in the blog posts.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
During casual web browsing, the ability to compare various tabs or summarize pages with AI is often a useful feature.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Summarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summarize. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsəm-ə-ˌrīz
summarized; summarizing
1
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
2
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
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