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summarize

verb
/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/CA

Etymology

From summary + -ize.

  1. derived from summa — “total, sum”
  2. derived from summārius
  3. inherited from summary
  4. suffixed as summarize — “summary + ize”

Definitions

  1. To prepare a summary of (something).

    • Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.

  2. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts

    To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

    • After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.

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Derived

missummarize, summarizable, summarization, summarizer, unsummarized

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at summarize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01summarize02summary03legally04contrary05contradictory06contradicts07contradict08statement09summarizes

A definitional loop anchored at summarize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at summarize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA