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“Summarizes” or “Summarises”

Summarizes is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while summarises is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “summarizes” and 4 prefer “summarises”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country summarizes summarises Preference
United States 100 0 “summarizes”
United Kingdom 19 81 “summarises”
India 65 35 “summarizes”
Philippines 100 0 “summarizes”
Canada 100 0 “summarizes”
Australia 24 76 “summarises”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 100 “summarises”
New Zealand 34 66 “summarises”
Jamaica 100 0 “summarizes”
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“summarizes”

  • The Korea Literature Translation Institute, summarizes Lee's contributions to Korean literature…
  • The government summarizes its expenses on Svalbard in…
  • The following table summarizes the various academic titles used…
  • …the author thus: "Vowell deftly summarizes complex events and significant upheavals,…
  • …Ten Commandments", critic Paul Kuntz summarizes the main theme of the…
  • This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams…
  • …as a weekly newsletter which summarizes the latest eco-business news.
  • This business unit summarizes the activities associated with maintenance…
  • In the prologue, Jared Diamond summarizes his methodology in one paragraph:
  • …article by the Bulawayo Chronicle summarizes Kanda's running career and has…

“summarises”

  • The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at…
  • The following table summarises the population distribution:
  • …of democracy, human rights, and summarises the institutions, while the TFEU…
  • The composer summarises the ballad Der Handschuh, which…
  • This page summarises the Australia national soccer team…
  • The table below summarises the result of such a…
  • Maynard Solomon summarises the Italian journeys as a…
  • The following table summarises the reconstructed endings for the…
  • As David Pellow summarises:
  • The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at…

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