Summarise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 2
Give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The journalist had to summarise the main points of the lengthy discussion for the evening news.
- They will summarise their research findings and present them at the conference.
- Please summarise the key events in a brief paragraph for the press release.
- He will now summarise the major achievements and outline the goals for the upcoming year.
- She spent hours reviewing the data in order to summarise the results effectively.