Summarize (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The preface summarizes the historical context of the event in a few pages.
- The movie trailer summarizes the plot in a two-minute clip.
- The infographic summarizes the key statistics in a visually appealing way.
- The executive summary summarizes the entire business plan for potential investors.
- The introduction summarizes the major contributions of the research in the field.
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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 article aims to summarize the main points of the research study for a general audience.
- The speaker asked her to summarize the plot of the famous novel in a few sentences.
- The professor will now summarize the key concepts covered in this week's lectures.
- Can you summarize the advantages and disadvantages of this investment strategy for us.
- The researcher spent several days analyzing the data to summarize the findings accurately.