Gist
[dʒɪst]
Definition
(n.) A resting place.
(n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
Edited by Gillian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Essence, pith, marrow, substance, main point.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Essence, pith, marrow, substance, kernel, force, main_point
ANT:Surplusage, redundancy, additament, environment, accessories, garb, clothing
Edited by Karl
Definition
n. the main point or pith of a matter.
Edited by Gertrude
Examples
- This brings us to the gist of the ingenious way in which Edison substituted the action of electrochemical decomposition for that of the electromagnet to operate a relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The gist of the socialist proposal is that land and all the natural means of production, transit, and distribution should be collectively owned. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have hunted up the guide-books, and the gist of what they say is this: They are there, but how they got there is a mystery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But to come to the gist of my letter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typed by Claire