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to capsule

to capsule

6.7
To make a long text shorter by giving its main points
  • verb
  • /ˈkæpsul/
translation icon : resumir
  • She managed to capsule the entire argument into a single paragraph.

Examples

  • The documentary capsules decades of history in just one hour.

  • Editors often capsule complex issues for quick news summaries.

  • Please capsule your findings in a report.

  • The teacher asked us to capsule the main ideas.

  • The director asked the team to capsule the project's objectives in a presentation slide.

  • He could capsule his thoughts on the matter effectively in just a few sentences.

  • To save time, the professor encouraged students to capsule their research findings in a brief summary.

Synonyms

to condense
vsto capsule
21 4.2

Make something shorter by removing unimportant details

shortens too but stresses summarizing and keeping core meaning
to encapsulate
vsto capsule
18 6.1

Express the main idea in a few words

shortens content but focuses more on general conciseness than exact preservation
to digest
vsto capsule
6 4.1

To make long information shorter by giving its main points

shortens similarly but aims to make ideas easier to use
to capsulize
vsto capsule
  • US
1 8.2

To put ideas or information into a short summary

shortens likewise but aims broadly at simple clear brevity
to synopsize
vsto capsule
1 6.4

To give a short summary of the main points

shortens content but focuses on creating a compact version of ideas

Antonyms

to expand
805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

to elaborate
79 4.2

To give more details or explain something more fully

Phrasal Verbs

to bury the time capsule
1 6.6

To put a box with items in the ground to be opened later

Compounds

time capsule
20 4.4

A container buried to show people in the future what life was like today

space capsule
  • Specialized
5 4.2

A small spacecraft that carries people in space and returns to Earth

bilocular capsule
  • Specialized
8.6

A dry fruit with two chambers that hold seeds

Bowman's capsule
  • Specialized
6.7

A thin sac that surrounds tiny blood vessels in the kidney and helps filter blood to make urine

digital capsule
6.0

A small digital container that keeps files safe for future use

ballistic capsule
  • Archaic
9.1

A small spacecraft that follows a curved path to carry people into space

lens capsule
  • Specialized
7.2

A thin clear covering around the eye that holds the lens in place

glomerular capsule
  • Specialized
8.1

A thin two-layer wall around a small knot of blood vessels in the kidney that starts filtering blood

sleeping capsule
3.5

A small pill that you take to help you sleep

How Concise

to truncate
8 7.0
to capsule
6.7
to condense
21 4.2
to summarize
  • US
90 3.0
outline
59 2.7

Surface Forms

capsule infinitive
capsuled past
capsuled past participle
capsuling present participle
capsules third person singular

Etymology

Capsule comes from the Latin word capsula, a little form of capsa meaning 'box'. To 'capsule' an idea is to put it into a small 'box' of words — a short, concentrated summary — which is why the verb means to shorten or condense.