to summarize
Give main points
To summarize is to give a condensed version of something, capturing the main points while leaving out details: Let me summarize what we discussed.
The word often signals a transition to conclusion: To summarize, we need more funding and fewer meetings.
Summarize can also mean to embody or represent: Her reaction summarized the public mood.
- condenseMake more compact
- recapBrief review of events
- outlineSummary of key elements
- briefShort in duration
- distillPurify through vaporization
encapsulate · compress · wrap up · boil down · in a nutshell · nutshell · the gist of it · gist · essence · big picture · overview · digest · synopsis · abstract · Reader's Digest version · highlight · key points · conclude
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- summariessynopsis, abstract, abstracts, brief, briefs
- in summaryin short, in brief, in sum, briefly, succinctly
- meeting jargonagenda, action items, follow up, next steps, recap
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
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