summarisation

English

Alternative forms

• summarization

Etymology

summarise +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌsʌməraɪˈzeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%sVm@raI"zeIS@n/

Noun

summarisation (countable and uncountable; plural summarisations)

1. (countable) The act of summarising

   Jim is very adept at summarisation.

2. (uncountable) The process of summarising

   After summarisation, these documents seem much simpler.

3. (countable) A summary; the result of summarising

   Jim's summarisation of the incident was very useful.