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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Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
In October 1982, Milwaukee Journal staff writer Mike Kupper used that Major League Baseball advertising slogan to summarize the mood of the city's baseball fans.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Desplat also summarized the essence of the story and the film.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Two short reports that summarize this process as applied to both polls are available online.
—Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Summarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summarize. Accessed 21 Oct. 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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