summarizes

VERB

give a rundown

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compile encapsulate epitomize outline recap rehash sum up

STRONG

abridge abstract cipher condense cut digest inventory pare prune recapitulate retrograde review shorten skim snip sum summate trim

WEAK

boil down cut back cut down get to meat give main points précis put in a nutshell run down run through synopsize

Antonyms

STRONG

add enlarge expand increase lengthen

WEAK

break down

Example Sentences

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Summarizes the history of the long struggle between authority and reason and of the emergence of the principle that coercion of opinion is a mistake.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

Summarizes the history of European political relations with China.

From Select List of Books ... Relating to the Far East by Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark