noun
Meaning 1
The act of summarizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Jim is very adept at summarization.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
summarization
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/ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
Meaning 2
The process of summarizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- After summarization, these documents seem much simpler.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A summary; the result of summarizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Jim's summarization of the incident was very useful.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: summarisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: report, account
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English summary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English summarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English summarization From summarize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَلْخِيص (talḵīṣ) — the act of summarizing
- Persian: خلاصه سازی (xolâse-sâzi) — the act of summarizing
- Persian: تلخیص (talxis) — the act of summarizing
- Polish: podsumowanie — the act of summarizing
- Portuguese: sumarização — the act of summarizing
- Russian: суммариза́ция (summarizácija) — the act of summarizing
- Ukrainian: сумування (sumuvannja) — the act of summarizing