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resumir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
  • abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  • brief adj Lasting only a short time.
  • comprise verb To consist of or be made up of particular parts.
  • summarize verb To reduce a longer piece of writing or speech down to its essential points.
  • summary noun A short version of a longer text that covers only the main points.

Senses

resumir is used for these senses in English:

  • abridge (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. [First attested in 1384] [First attested around 1350–1470]
  • abstract (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  • boil down (transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
  • brief (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
  • comprise (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]
  • encapsulate (transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
  • summarize (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
  • summary (legal) Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

abridge — full definition

  1. verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
  2. verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
  3. verb To make something shorter in length or time.
  4. verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.

abstract — full definition

  1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
  3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
  4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.
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