How to pronounce “summarise”
Say “summarise” in 3 beats
summarise
/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈsʌməɹaɪz/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- sʌsʌstress
- məmə
- ɹaɪzɹaɪz
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈsʌməɹaɪz/
- Respelling
- SUM-uh-ryze
- Syllables
- 3 — SɅ-mə-ɹaɪz
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: SɅ-mə-ɹaɪz. “sʌ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
/ˈsʌməɹaɪz/
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Where “summarise” goes wrong
- Often heard
“suh-MAR-yze”
the stress is on SUM, the first syllable
What “summarise” means
- verb
be a summary of
“The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper”
- verb
give a summary (of)
“he summed up his results”
Say it in a sentence
“Could you summarise the meeting in three sentences?”“summarise”, answered
How do you pronounce “summarise”?
“summarise” is pronounced /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ (SUM-uh-ryze) in American English and /ˈsʌməɹaɪz/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “sʌ”. Build it as SɅ-mə-ɹaɪz, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “summarise” have?
3: sʌ · mə · ɹaɪz. The beat lands on the first, “sʌ”.
Is “summarise” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ (SUM-uh-ryze); British English says /ˈsʌməɹaɪz/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “summarise” mean?
As a verb: be a summary of For example: “The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “summarise”?
Stress the first syllable: SɅ-mə-ɹaɪz. “sʌ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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