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Definition of "summarise" [summarise]

  • To prepare a summary of something (verb)
  • To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review (verb)

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Use "summarise" in a sentence
  • "First, I didn't "summarise", I pretty much quoted from the front page."
  • "You can see how we kind of summarise it in our reviews of"
  • "Spare a thought for me on the big week as I summarise every article and photo in every paper with its souvenir pull-out while you all spend your day down the pub.missfrost online• It is pleasantly satisfying for us monarchists to see a rabid republican newspaper like the Guardian producing a royal supplement."
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