gist

gist  (jst)

n.

1. The central idea; the essence. See Synonyms at substance.

2. Law The grounds for action in a suit.

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[From Anglo-Norman (cest action) gist, (this action) lies, third person sing. of gesir, to lie, from Latin iacre; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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gist [dʒɪst]

n

1. the point or substance of an argument, speech, etc.

2. (Law) Law the essential point of an action

[from Anglo-French, as in cest action gist en this action consists in, literally: lies in, from Old French gésir to lie, from Latin jacēre, from jacere to throw]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gist - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work burden, essence, effect, core meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
	2.	gist - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, nub, meat, kernel, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

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gist

noun essence, meaning, point, idea, sense, import, core, substance, drift, significance, nub, pith, quintessence He related the gist of his conversation to us.

Translations

gist [dʒɪst] N [of speech, conversation] → lo esencial
to get the gist of sth → captar lo esencial de algo

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gist [ˈdʒɪst] n → essentiel m
the gist of his speech → l'essentiel de son discours
to give sb the gist of sth → résumer qch à qn en deux mots

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gist

n no pl (of report, conversation, argument) → Wesentliche(s) nt; that was the gist of what he said → das war im Wesentlichen, was er gesagt hat; to give somebody the gist of something → jdm sagen, worum es bei etw geht; to get the gist of something/the conversation → im Wesentlichen verstehen, worum es sich bei etw handelt/wovon geredet wird; I got the gist of it → das Wesentliche habe ich verstanden

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gist [dʒɪst] n (of speech, conversation) → succo, nocciolo

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gist [dʒɪst] n (of speech, conversation) → succo, nocciolo

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gist [dʒist]

the main points (of an argument etc) Just give me the gist of what he said. kern, hoofsaak خُلاصَه، النُّقاط الرَّئيسيَّه същина podstata, jádro hovedpunkt; kerne das Wesentliche κύρια σημεία, ουσία punto esencial asja olemus لب مطلب ydin essentiel תמצית तात्पर्य, भावार्थ, सार jezgra, srž vminek a veleje inti aðalatriði, kjarni succo 要点 요점 esmė būtība inti pati essentie kjerne, hovedpoeng esencja resumo esenţă суть podstata bistvo suština huvudpunkt, kärna: kontentan, det väsentliga ใจความสำคัญ ana fikir, öz, özet 要點，主旨 суть; головне خلاصہ lý do chính 要点