summarise

summarise
verb
1. give a summary (of)
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he summed up his results

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I will now summarize

Syn: ↑sum up, ↑summarize, ↑resume
Derivationally related forms: ↑resume (for: ↑resume), ↑summarisation, ↑summary, ↑summarization (for: ↑summarize), ↑summary (for: ↑summarize)
Hypernyms: ↑repeat, ↑reiterate, ↑ingeminate, ↑iterate, ↑restate, ↑retell
Hyponyms: ↑abstract, ↑precis, ↑docket, ↑recapitulate, ↑recap
Verb Group: ↑summarize, ↑sum, ↑sum up
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. be a summary of
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The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper

Syn: ↑summarize, ↑sum, ↑sum up
Derivationally related forms: ↑summation (for: ↑sum), ↑summarisation, ↑summarization (for: ↑summarize)
Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑say, ↑tell
Verb Group: ↑sum up, ↑summarize, ↑resume
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something


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