summarize

Other forms of summarize

past tense

summarized·

present participle

summarizing·

third person

summarizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about summarize

What does summarize mean?

summarize means "give a summary (of)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in summarize?

summarize has 3 syllables: sum-ma-rize. The stress falls on "sum". In IPA it is /ˈsʌmɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for summarize?

Close synonyms include sum up, summarise, resume, summarise, sum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is summarize a common word?

summarize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with summarize?

34 words rhyme with summarize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.