SUMMARIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summarization mean? 

• SUMMARIZATION (noun)
  The noun SUMMARIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly

  Familiarity information: SUMMARIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMARIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

summarisation; summarization

Hypernyms ("summarization" is a kind of...):

account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)

Derivation:

summarize (give a summary (of))

summarize (be a summary of)