summarization

noun

sum·​ma·​ri·​za·​tion ˌsə-mə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

ˌsəm-rə-

1

: the act of summarizing

2

: summary

Synonyms

• abstract
• breviary
• brief
• capsule
• conspectus
• digest
• encapsulation
• epitome
• inventory
• outline
• précis
• recap
• recapitulation
• résumé
• resume
• resumé
• roundup
• run-through
• rundown
• sum
• sum-up
• summa
• summary
• summing-up
• synopsis
• wrap-up

Examples of summarization in a Sentence

what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech

Recent Examples on the Web

Enterprises are actively experimenting with open models across four broad categories: copilots, fraud detection, document generation and summarization and generative AI chatbots. —Thomas Cornely, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

For now, users can take advantage of features including AI summarization, email tweaking, and call transcription. —Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024

Its because the output of one AI can become the input to another AI, creating scalable thinking applications for search, self-correcting summarization, and very soon, agentic AI. —Karl Freund, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

The Minnesota Star Tribune will experiment with AI summarization, analysis and content discovery. —Sara Fischer, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

summarization

noun

sum·​ma·​ri·​za·​tion ˌsəm-(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən 

1

: the act of summarizing

2

: summary entry 2