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75 words
French word
résumer
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁezyme/
Meaning
- verbsummarize
Example
Peux-tu résumer cet article ?
Can you summarize this article?
More examples
Avant de rendre le rapport, il faut résumer les idées principales.
Before submitting the report, it is necessary to summarize the main ideas.
Core concept
A long text reduced to a short version that keeps its essential points.
Common phrases
résumer un article
summarize an article
résumer brièvement
briefly summarize
Similar words
récapituler: To go over the main points of a discussion or argument again in order.
synthétiser: To bring several sources of information together into a concise whole.
abréger: To reduce the length of a written or spoken passage.
Definition in French
Réduire un texte ou un discours à ses points essentiels en le reformulant brièvement.
Word origin
French résumer comes from Latin resumere, meaning 'take up again', and acquired the sense of taking up a text's main points in brief form.
Usage tips
- Résumer takes a direct object without à, as in résumer un article, while résumer quelque chose en deux phrases states the resulting length.