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# summarise

verb (summarise, summarises, summarised, summarising)

«summarise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To give the main points of something in a few words, leaving out the details. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#m1)

### In the lessons

In school, «summarise the story in three sentences», «summarise the paragraph», «summarise your results» are common tasks in reading, history and science. A good summary keeps the key ideas and uses your own words. Phrases: «summarise the main points», «to summarise», «summarise in one sentence».

### Examples

- Summarise the story in three sentences. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x1)
- To summarise, plants need light, water and air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x2)
- Can you summarise what happened in the chapter? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x3)
- The scientist summarised her results in a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x4)
- The news reader summarised the day's main stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x5)
- Summarise the paragraph in your own words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x6)
- In this place I can only roughly summarise my results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling «summarise»; US and Canada «summarize». Noun «summary» (plural summaries). Tip: a summary leaves out details, examples and opinions; it is much shorter than the original. Trap: not «summerise» (no summer!).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «summarise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«summarise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/summarise.html) on Mova free.