résumer
Résumer is a French verb meaning to summarize or to give a brief restatement of the main points of a text, speech, or situation. It is used transitively with a direct object: on résume un texte, on résume les conclusions d’un rapport. The expression cela se résume à … or cela résume … can be used to indicate that something reduces to a few essentials or to identify the outcome.
Etymology: The verb comes from Old French resumer, from Latin resumere “to take up again,” formed from
Conjugation and usage: Résumer follows the regular -er conjugation pattern in French. Present tense forms are
Related forms and nuance: A closely related noun is le résumé, meaning a summary or précis. Résumer
Examples: Elle a résumé le chapitre en trois phrases. Cet article résume les arguments clés. Cela se