From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsummarizesum‧mar‧ize (also summarise British English) /ˈsʌməraɪz/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive] SUMMARIZEto make a short statement giving only the main information and not the details of a plan, event, report etc SYN sum up The authors summarize their views in the introduction.to summarize To summarize, in most cases the schools were achieving the standards set.→ See Verb table
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summarize• The report was detailed and thorough; it didn't just summarize.• Every Friday take ten or fifteen minutes to summarize all of your achievements for the week.• The important properties of these three principal volcanic rock groups can be summarized in simple tables.• The interview was summarized on the front page of the newspaper.• It also summarizes reports of mysterious aerial explosions over metropolitan areas drawn from newspapers and magazines.• Let us summarize some of the business issues concerned with network infrastructure investments.• Table 3. 4 summarizes the connection capabilities and technology.• Table 5.4 summarizes the main evidence marshalled in support of her causal theory of social revolution.• Your final paragraph should summarize the main points of your essay.• I wrote a letter summarizing the main points we had discussed.• Complex information is summarized through diagrams. 