sammanfatta — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• subsume verb To treat one idea or thing as belonging within a broader category.
• summarize verb To reduce a longer piece of writing or speech down to its essential points.

Senses

sammanfatta is used for these senses in English:

• abstract (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
• encapsulate (transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
• epitomize To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
• subsume (transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
• summarize (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
• wrap up (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To summarize or recapitulate.

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, colors, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

subsume — full definition

1. verb To treat one idea or thing as belonging within a broader category.
2. verb To treat an event as an example covered by a general rule.

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