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summarise

   Also found in: Legal, Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
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Verb1.summarise - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
sum, sum up, summarize
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
2.summarise - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
sum up, summarize, resume
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
abstract - give an abstract (of)
precis - make a summary (of)
docket - make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
recap, recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
sum, summarise, summarize, sum up - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"


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