summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsə-mə-ˌrīz 
summarized; summarizing
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of summarize in a Sentence
I would like to take a moment to summarize the facts that I presented earlier.
He summarized by saying we needed better planning and implementation.
To summarize, we need better schools.
Recent Examples on the Web
Online traffic for Harvey, which spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico before slamming Texas in late August, was summarized in a single sentence.
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Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
The whole saga was summarized well in this local TV news package.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Most workers testing the tool before it was widely released were using the AI assistant to summarize meetings and to highlight and summarize emails, said Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of the future of work at Microsoft.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The findings from our January 2023 testing are summarized below.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Today, for example, most investors still summarize notes, update deal statuses and owners, and create follow-ups by hand.
—Ray Zhou, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahneman summarized those findings in his bestselling 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
The clients were interested in using generative AI for tasks like summarizing legal documents and drafting contracts but didn’t want to get dragged into lawsuits about intellectual property as OpenAI, Stability AI, and others have been.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
On Monday, Disney issued a statement summarizing a report from corporate governance advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co., which endorsed Disney’s nominees.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
The whole saga was summarized well in this local TV news package.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Most workers testing the tool before it was widely released were using the AI assistant to summarize meetings and to highlight and summarize emails, said Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of the future of work at Microsoft.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The findings from our January 2023 testing are summarized below.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Today, for example, most investors still summarize notes, update deal statuses and owners, and create follow-ups by hand.
—Ray Zhou, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahneman summarized those findings in his bestselling 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
The clients were interested in using generative AI for tasks like summarizing legal documents and drafting contracts but didn’t want to get dragged into lawsuits about intellectual property as OpenAI, Stability AI, and others have been.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
On Monday, Disney issued a statement summarizing a report from corporate governance advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co., which endorsed Disney’s nominees.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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summarize
verb
sum·ma·rize
ˈsəm-ə-ˌrīz
summarized; summarizing
1
: to tell in or reduce to a summary
2
: to make a summary
summarizer
noun
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