English-French translations for summarize

• récapituler
• résumer
  Laissez-moi résumer ma question en trois point. Let me summarize my answer in three points.
  On peut résumer tout cela par deux mots très simples. This can all be summarized in a few very simple words.
  Monsieur le Président, deux mots pour résumer cette directive. Mr President, this directive can be summarized in a few words.
• abréger

Definition of summarize

• To prepare a summary of (something
• To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review

Examples

• Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
• After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.

Related words

• summarise
• summarized
• summarisation
• summarily
• summarizable