Usually means: Condense content to essential points.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word summarise:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. summarise: Merriam-Webster
  2. summarise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. summarise: Vocabulary.com
  4. Summarise, summarise: Wordnik
  5. summarise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. summarise: Wiktionary
  7. summarise: Dictionary.com
  8. summarise: Rhymezone
  9. summarise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. summarise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. summarise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. summarise: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. summarise: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. [(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]

Similar:
summarize, analyse, contextualise, recapitulate, characterise, synthesise, summary, explain, describe, more...

Opposite:
expand, elaborate, detail

Phrases:
to summarise, summarise briefly, more...

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Similar:
summarize, analyse, contextualise, recapitulate, characterise, synthesise, summary, explain, describe, more...

Opposite:
expand, elaborate, detail

Phrases:
to summarise, summarise briefly, more...



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