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Verbs (5)
resume, sum up
v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
summarise, sum, sum up
v. be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
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Fuzzynyms (27)
cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten
v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
curb, restrict, curtail, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
limit, confine, circumscribe
v. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
encapsulate, condense
v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
generalize, infer, extrapolate, generalise
v. draw from specific cases for more general cases
induce, reason by induction, establish by induction
v. reason or establish by induction
popularize, vulgarize
v. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
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Antonyms (3)
elaborate, complicate, refine
v. make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
summarize
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