summarization

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English summary
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English summarize
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
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.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

    Noun

    summarization (countable and uncountable, plural summarizations)

    1. (countable) The act of summarizing.
      Jim is very adept at summarization.
    2. (uncountable) The process of summarizing.
      After summarization, these documents seem much simpler.
    3. (countable) A summary; the result of summarizing.
      Jim's summarization of the incident was very useful.

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