Summarize
verb
To give a brief, condensed account of the main points of something.
To help the audience understand, he summarized the main points of his speech.
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- summarize the chapter
- summarize the findings
verb
To review or repeat in a summarized form.
At the end of the meeting, our boss summarized what had been discussed.
Often appears as...
- summarize the discussion
- summarize the argument
verb
To shorten or reduce something to its bare essentials.
He summarized his thesis into a two-page document.
Often appears as...
- summarize the report
- summarize the document
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To give a brief, condensed account of the main points of something.
To help the audience understand, he summarized the main points of his speech.
Often appears as...
- summarize the chapter
- summarize the findings
verb
To review or repeat in a summarized form.
At the end of the meeting, our boss summarized what had been discussed.
Often appears as...
- summarize the discussion
- summarize the argument
verb
To shorten or reduce something to its bare essentials.
He summarized his thesis into a two-page document.
Often appears as...
- summarize the report
- summarize the document
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Main Points Only
Focus only on the most important points of a longer text or speech.
In my summary, I included only the key arguments from the article.
Pro Tip 2/3No Personal Views
A summary should not contain your opinions, just a neutral overview.
My summary of the novel was strictly factual, with no interpretation.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity is Key
Write summaries that are easy to understand, using clear language.
She summarized the process using straightforward terms for beginners.
Pro Tip 1/3Main Points Only
Focus only on the most important points of a longer text or speech.
In my summary, I included only the key arguments from the article.
Pro Tip 2/3No Personal Views
A summary should not contain your opinions, just a neutral overview.
My summary of the novel was strictly factual, with no interpretation.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity is Key
Write summaries that are easy to understand, using clear language.
She summarized the process using straightforward terms for beginners.
Pro Tip 1/3Main Points Only
Focus only on the most important points of a longer text or speech.
In my summary, I included only the key arguments from the article.
Pro Tip 2/3No Personal Views
A summary should not contain your opinions, just a neutral overview.
My summary of the novel was strictly factual, with no interpretation.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity is Key
Write summaries that are easy to understand, using clear language.
She summarized the process using straightforward terms for beginners.
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What will future jobs...
What could possibly go wrong in this new machine age? Right? Great, hang up, flourish, go home. We're going to face two really thorny sets of challenges as we head deeper into the future that we're creating. The first are economic, and they're really nicely summarized in an apocryphal story about a back-and-forth
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How equal do we want the...
To summarize, I would say, next time you go to drink beer or wine, first of all, think about, what is it in your experience that is real, and what is it in your experience that is a placebo effect coming from expectations? And then think about what it also means for other decisions in your life,
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
to make any of us kind or cruel, caring or indifferent, creative or destructive, and it makes some of us villains. And the good news that I'm going to hopefully come to at the end is that it makes some of us heroes. This wonderful cartoon in the New Yorker summarizes my whole
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Who is God? PIPE A Pastor,...
and it all is just practice because in the end we're just human people who cannot understand the divine but we can seek to practice it helps you to strengthen your character to strengthen your spirituality and your connection to God and so to your point summarize who
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The magic of Fibonacci...
We spend lots of time learning about calculation, but let's not forget about application, including, perhaps, the most important application of all, learning how to think. If I could summarize this in one sentence, it would be Mathematics is not just solving for x,
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Wiring a web for global...
and he summarized the challenge for us all. He said in his lifetime he had climbed a great mountain, the mountain of challenging and then defeating racial oppression and defeating apartheid. He said that there was a greater challenge ahead,
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How young blood might...
And it also suggests that there is something not only in young mouse plasma, but in young human plasma that has the capacity to help this old brain. So to summarize, we find the old mouse, and its brain in particular, are malleable.
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
I am certain of that. So how do you live your life eyes wide open? It is a learned discipline. It can be taught. It can be practiced. I will summarize very briefly. Hold yourself accountable
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How does caffeine keep...
To summarize, adenosine inhibits your neurons. Caffeine inhibits the inhibitor, so it stimulates you. Caffeine can also boost positive feelings. In some neurons, the adenosine receptors
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It’s time to embrace our...
yeah first of all first of all congratulations on possibly the fastest TED talk ever so to summarize five words the reason the world needs cities now
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What will future jobs...
What could possibly go wrong in this new machine age? Right? Great, hang up, flourish, go home. We're going to face two really thorny sets of challenges as we head deeper into the future that we're creating. The first are economic, and they're really nicely summarized in an apocryphal story about a back-and-forth
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
To summarize, I would say, next time you go to drink beer or wine, first of all, think about, what is it in your experience that is real, and what is it in your experience that is a placebo effect coming from expectations? And then think about what it also means for other decisions in your life,
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
to make any of us kind or cruel, caring or indifferent, creative or destructive, and it makes some of us villains. And the good news that I'm going to hopefully come to at the end is that it makes some of us heroes. This wonderful cartoon in the New Yorker summarizes my whole
Video examples
Who is God? PIPE A Pastor,...
and it all is just practice because in the end we're just human people who cannot understand the divine but we can seek to practice it helps you to strengthen your character to strengthen your spirituality and your connection to God and so to your point summarize who
Video examples
The magic of Fibonacci...
We spend lots of time learning about calculation, but let's not forget about application, including, perhaps, the most important application of all, learning how to think. If I could summarize this in one sentence, it would be Mathematics is not just solving for x,
Video examples
Wiring a web for global...
and he summarized the challenge for us all. He said in his lifetime he had climbed a great mountain, the mountain of challenging and then defeating racial oppression and defeating apartheid. He said that there was a greater challenge ahead,
Video examples
How young blood might...
And it also suggests that there is something not only in young mouse plasma, but in young human plasma that has the capacity to help this old brain. So to summarize, we find the old mouse, and its brain in particular, are malleable.
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
I am certain of that. So how do you live your life eyes wide open? It is a learned discipline. It can be taught. It can be practiced. I will summarize very briefly. Hold yourself accountable
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
To summarize, adenosine inhibits your neurons. Caffeine inhibits the inhibitor, so it stimulates you. Caffeine can also boost positive feelings. In some neurons, the adenosine receptors
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
yeah first of all first of all congratulations on possibly the fastest TED talk ever so to summarize five words the reason the world needs cities now
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Sufjan Stevens
American Musician
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like 'emo' or 'grunge'... or 'folk music.' I think that's just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world.
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Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided that, rather than waste the last day of class summarizing the semester, I'd spend my time talking about what I'd learned in life that was useful.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence.
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Sergey Brin
American Businessman
We have tried to define precisely what it means to be a force for good - always do the right, ethical thing. Ultimately, 'Don't be evil' seems the easiest way to summarize it.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
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Kristina McMorris
American Author
Letters From Home' is a 90,000-word WWII love story with a twist, aptly summarized as 'The Notebook' meets 'Saving Private Ryan.
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Tom Allen
American Politician
I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
I can't summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tati's 'Play Time.' You just have to see it.
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Sufjan Stevens
American Musician
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like 'emo' or 'grunge'... or 'folk music.' I think that's just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world.
Quote examples
Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided that, rather than waste the last day of class summarizing the semester, I'd spend my time talking about what I'd learned in life that was useful.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence.
Quote examples
Sergey Brin
American Businessman
We have tried to define precisely what it means to be a force for good - always do the right, ethical thing. Ultimately, 'Don't be evil' seems the easiest way to summarize it.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
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Kristina McMorris
American Author
Letters From Home' is a 90,000-word WWII love story with a twist, aptly summarized as 'The Notebook' meets 'Saving Private Ryan.
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Tom Allen
American Politician
I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
I can't summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tati's 'Play Time.' You just have to see it.
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