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Summarise Definition & Meaning

summarise
verb
  1. be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
  2. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

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Frequently asked questions

What does summarise mean?
be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
What part of speech is summarise?
Summarise is a verb.
How many definitions does summarise have?
Summarise has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).

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