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
Language models, in particular, have been used to power customer service chatbots, write reports and financial insights and summarize long documents.
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CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
But these are still powerful AI models, able to summarize PDFs and conversations and write code.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
The immigrant advocacy nonprofits International Refugee Assistance Project and American Families United collected the stories of other families in similar situations and summarized them in a brief submitted to the court Thursday.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The documents summarized these ideas but the plans were never put in place, the affidavit states.
—Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Copilot, the company's new AI system, can assist you with many tasks, from summarizing documents to writing a cover letter to creating a unique image.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
But these are still powerful AI models, able to summarize PDFs and conversations and write code.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
The immigrant advocacy nonprofits International Refugee Assistance Project and American Families United collected the stories of other families in similar situations and summarized them in a brief submitted to the court Thursday.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The documents summarized these ideas but the plans were never put in place, the affidavit states.
—Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Copilot, the company's new AI system, can assist you with many tasks, from summarizing documents to writing a cover letter to creating a unique image.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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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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