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résumer

to summarise

verb reh-zu-MEH Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

to sum up

Usage Note

Résumer means to give a brief account of something; note it does NOT mean 'to resume' (which is reprendre in French). Se résumer à means 'to boil down to': cela se résume à une question d'argent ('it all comes down to money'). The noun is résumé.

Examples

"Peux-tu résumer l'article en deux phrases?"

Natural Translation

Can you summarise the article in two sentences?

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