summarizing
SaySUM-uh-ryz-ing/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪzɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of summarize.
The analyst spent the morning summarizing last quarter's results.
Summarizing a long report into a single page takes real skill.
Note
One -ing form does two jobs here. As a participle it builds progressive tenses (she was summarizing the findings) and opens modifying clauses; as a gerund it behaves like a noun (summarizing takes practice). Because the verb works with or without an object, both patterns feel natural: summarizing the evidence, or simply summarizing, meaning reviewing the main points before moving on.
summarizing is a form of summarize
summarize, verb: To produce a short account of something that captures its main points. Full entry
- Forms
- summarizesummarizes he/she/itsummarizing -ing formsummarized past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- summarize → summarizing: drop the e, add -ing
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