as in to summarize
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
before I agree to read the novel, could you at least synopsize its plot?
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Recent Examples of synopsize
This article could synopsize the plot, as newspaper convention dictates should be done in this space.
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Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synopsize
summarize
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By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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“Synopsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synopsize. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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