summarize

résumer

Présenter brièvement les idées ou les faits les plus importants.

En anglais simple : To describe the main ideas or facts of something in a short form.

• Please summarize the story for me.
• She summarized the main decisions after the meeting.
• Can you summarize your argument in two sentences?

Comment l'utiliser : summarize something in something (He summarized the report in one paragraph.); summarize something for someone (Could you summarize the meeting for me?)

Synonymes : sum up, outline, recap

Expressions courantes : summarize the findings, summarize an article, summarize in something, summarize a document