Summarise — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be a summary of

give a summary (of)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌmɚɹˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌməɹˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌməɹˌaɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌmɚɹˌaɪz/.

Examples

The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
he summed up his results
I will now summarize

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sum up sum summarize resume

Parts of Speech

verb	be a summary of “The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper”
verb	give a summary (of) “he summed up his results”

Word Forms

summarization	noun	the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly
summarisation	noun	the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly
summation	noun	a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
summary	noun	a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
resume	noun	short descriptive summary (of events)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zusammenfassen

eine Zusammenfassung sein

🇫🇷French

résumer

être un résumé de

🇪🇸Spanish

resumir

ser un resumen de

🇮🇹Italian

riassumere

essere una sintesi di

🇳🇱Dutch

samenvatten

een samenvatting zijn van

🇵🇹Portuguese

resumir

ser um resumo de

🇷🇺Russian

суммировать

быть кратким изложением

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सारांशित करें

का सारांश हो

🇧🇩Bengali

সংক্ষিপ্ত করা

একটি সারাংশ হতে

🇮🇳Tamil

சுருக்கமாக

சுருக்கமாக இருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

సంగ్రహించండి

యొక్క సారాంశం

🇮🇳Marathi

सारांश

चा सारांश असावा

🇮🇳Gujarati

સારાંશ

નો સારાંશ બનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಾರಾಂಶ

ಸಾರಾಂಶವಾಗಿರಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സംഗ്രഹിക്കുക

ഒരു സംഗ്രഹം ആയിരിക്കും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਖੇਪ

ਦਾ ਸੰਖੇਪ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

خلاصہ

کا خلاصہ ہو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

总结

是一个总结

🇯🇵Japanese

要約する

の要約になる

🇰🇷Korean

요약하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tóm tắt

là một bản tóm tắt của

🇹🇭Thai

สรุป

เป็นบทสรุปของ

🇮🇩Indonesian

meringkaskan

menjadi ringkasan dari

🇵🇭Filipino

buod

maging buod ng

🇲🇾Malay

meringkaskan

menjadi ringkasan daripada

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تلخيص

يكون ملخصا ل

🇮🇷Persian

خلاصه کردن

خلاصه ای از

🇹🇷Turkish

özetlemek

özeti olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְסַכֵּם

להיות סיכום של

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The primary meaning of 'summarise' is 'be a summary of'.

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Using 'summarise' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'summarise' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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