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# summarise

«summarise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To give the main points of something in a few words…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (summarise, summarises, summarised, summarising)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [Summarising both sides fairly before a vote shows you understood them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «summarise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/summarise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.