summarization

noun

sum·​ma·​ri·​za·​tion ˌsə-mə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

ˌsəm-rə-

1

: the act of summarizing

2

: summary

Synonyms

• abstract
• breviary
• brief
• capsule
• conspectus
• digest
• encapsulation
• epitome
• inventory
• outline
• précis
• recap
• recapitulation
• résumé
• resume
• resumé
• roundup
• run-through
• rundown
• sum
• sum-up
• summa
• summary
• summing-up
• synopsis
• wrap-up

Examples of summarization in a Sentence

what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech

Recent Examples on the Web

Next, executives will pull draft decks, key performance indicators (KPIs) and reports from internal systems and augment them with AI summarization of complex documents into executive digests. —Paroon Chadha, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

The company has long provided a developer framework called Core ML that can pull in open source offerings, including models focused on image classification, summarization and responses to questions. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 May 2025

LLMs have given computers a far deeper understanding of text, allowing for contextual analysis, summarization and decision support directly from document content. —Adam Goff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

These early uses often involve simple document summarization or interactive chatbot/expert assistant kinds of uses. —Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for summarization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration

Kids Definition

summarization

noun

sum·​ma·​ri·​za·​tion ˌsəm-(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən 

1

: the act of summarizing

2

: summary entry 2