summarise

Other forms: summarised; summarises; summarising

Definitions of summarise
  1. verb
    give a summary (of)
    synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize
    sum, sum up, summarize
    be a summary of
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    abstract
    give an abstract (of)
    precis
    make a summary (of)
    docket
    make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
    recap, recapitulate
    summarize briefly
    hash over, rehash, retrograde
    go back over
    type of:
    ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
    to say, state, or perform again
  2. verb
    be a summary of
    synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize
    resume, sum up, summarize
    give a summary (of)
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    type of:
    say, state, tell
    express in words
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