resumir — meaning in English

English meaning

• abridge verb To deprive; to cut 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 deprive; to cut off.
2. verb To debar from.
3. verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

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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