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Verb: summarize  'sú-mu,rIz
  1. Give a summary (of)
    "I will now summarize";
    - sum up, summarise [Brit], resume, run over
     
  2. Be a summary of
    "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper";
    - summarise [Brit], sum, sum up

Sounds like: summarising, summermarize, sum

Derived forms: summarized, summarizes, summarizing

Type of: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, say, state, tell

Encyclopedia: Summarize