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summarize
verb as in give a rundown
Strong matches
abridge, abstract, cipher, condense, cut, digest, inventory, pare, prune, recapitulate, retrograde, review, shorten, skim, snip, sum, summate, trim
Weak matches
boil down, cut back, cut down, get to meat, give main points, précis, put in a nutshell, run down, run through, synopsize
Example Sentences
"A big message from our work," summarized Halpern, "is that the decisions we make about what we eat are important for reducing our environmental footprint, but other people may pay the price for those decisions."
“The officers also noticed a white powder residue that was loose in the suitcase and was visible on their black gloves,” according to an affidavit summarizing the incident.
But at an election night event, he summarized his leadership vision for jubilant supporters gathered at a music venue in the Mission district to cheer him on.
In one paragraph, the Editorial Board of the New York Times summarized the existential danger that Trump and his regime will pose to American democracy and freedom:
The New York Times summarizes Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally as “a closing carnival of grievances, misogyny and racism.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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