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summarization

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English summary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English summarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English summarization From summarize + -ation.

  1. The act of summarizing.

    “Jim is very adept at summarization.”

  2. The process of summarizing.

    “After summarization, these documents seem much simpler.”

  3. A summary; the result of summarizing.

    “Jim's summarization of the incident was very useful.”