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It means to provide an abridged or condensed version of a longer book or other text. So if you had a book that was 600 pages long, you could write a couple of paragraphs briefly describing what the book was about.

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Summarizing involves presenting the key points and details of a long document or report.

(This is separate from the concept of paraphrasing, "using your own words", because a summary does not usually involve quotations.)

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