Epitome
[ɪ'pɪtəmɪ;e-] or [ɪ'pɪtəmi]
Definition
(n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
(n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, conspectus, syllabus, brief, breviary, summary, synopsis, digest, sum and substance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ABBREVIATION]
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Definition
n. an abridgment or short summary of anything as of a book.—adj. Epitom′ical like an epitome.—v.t. Epit′omise to make an epitome of: to shorten: to condense.—ns. Epit′omiser Epit′omist one who abridges.—In epitome on a small scale.
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Examples
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The person becomes, as it were, the epitome of the history of his own family. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Harthouse professed himself in the highest degree instructed and refreshed, by this condensed epitome of the whole Coketown question. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yes, I said; his life is motley and manifold and an epitome of the lives of many;--he answers to the State which we described as fair and spangled. Plato. The Republic.
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