summarize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give a summary (of)
    resume; sum up; summarise.
    • he summed up his results
    • I will now summarize
  2. verb be a summary of
    summarise; sum up; sum.
    • The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper

WordNet

Sum"ma*rize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. Chambers.

Webster 1913