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- pronunciation:
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verb |
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summarizes, summarizing, summarized |
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If you summarize things you have already discussed in some detail, you talk about them again but say only the most important things about them this time. Let's say your textbook gives two pages of information about some topic. Usually, in the last paragraph, the writers summarize the information so that students understand the most important things that were said in the whole two pages.
The student gave his report on his project, and then he had five minutes to summarize everything.The company directors talked about many things at the meeting and made many decisions. At the end of the meeting, one of them summarized all their decisions.- similar words:
- abbreviate, compress, digest
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| derivation: |
summarization (n.) |
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