ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsummarize
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summarize
Meaning: to state the main points briefly
summarize in a sentence
How summarize is used in real sentences:
At the end of class, Luis summarized what the group had learned.
Priya summarized the long article by explaining its three most important ideas.
“Chen had to summarize two hundred pages of results in a four-page report.”
— from the passage Testing a New Shield
Synonyms for summarize
Other words for summarize — condense, recap and outline — carry the same meaning.
- condense
- recap
- outline
Antonyms of summarize
Words that mean the opposite of summarize:
- expand
- elaborate
Where it comes from
From Latin summa 'total or main point'
Memory hook
A summary gathers the sum of the important ideas.