synopsize

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verb

To give a synopsis (summary) of.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbsynopsize (third-person singular simple present synopsizes, present participle synopsizing, simple past and past participle synopsized)

present singular third person synopsizes · participle present synopsizing · participle past synopsized · past synopsized

  1. transitiveTo give a synopsis (summary) of.

    But into that tangle, just as crucial, went the smell of the cover, the color and cream resistance of the pages, the week in which I read any given epic, the friends for whom I synopsized, the bed, the lamp, the room where I read.

    1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 247

    Synonyms: recapitulate, summarize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo give a synopsis (summary) of.

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Chicago

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