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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14828 COCA: 17685

gist

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
gist /ˈʤɪst/ noun
gist
/ˈʤɪst/
noun
Learner's definition of GIST

the gist

: the general or basic meaning of something said or written要旨；大意 — usually + of
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14828 COCA: 17685

gist

noun

ˈjist How to pronounce gist (audio)
1
: the ground (see ground entry 1 sense 4a) of a legal action
2
: the main point or part : essence
the gist of an argument

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The word gist often appears in such contexts as "the gist of the conversation was that…" to let us know that what follows will be a statement or summary that in some way encapsulates the main point or overarching theme. The gist of a conversation, argument, story, or what-have-you is what we rely on when the actual words and details are only imperfectly recalled, inessential, or too voluminous to recount in their entirety. Gist was borrowed from the Anglo-French legal phrase laccion gist ("the action lies or is based [on]") in the 17th century, and it was originally used in law as a term referring to the foundation or grounds for a legal action without which the action would not be legally sustainable.

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Example Sentences

Thus, Poulterers' Case gave rise to a doctrine which survives to this day: the gist of conspiracy is the agreement, and so the agreement is punishable even if its purpose was not achieved. Wayne R. LaFave & Austin W. Scott, Jr., Criminal Law, (1972) 1986 … Einstein showed how time intervals depend on the motion of people and clocks doing the measuring. And that's the gist of relativity. Alan Lightman, Science, January/February 1984 Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital. George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation
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Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French, it lies, from gisir to lie, ultimately from Latin jacēre — more at adjacent

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gist was in 1632

Phrases Containing gist
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14828 COCA: 17685
gist

noun

the gist ADJECTIVE | VERB + THE GIST | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤general主旨；大意VERB + THE GIST➤convey, give (sb)表述主旨；（給某人）講解要點◇It is difficult to convey the gist of Reich's ideas simply.很難將賴克的思想要旨簡單地表述出來。➤catch, get, understand聽懂主旨；領會要點PREPOSITION➤gist of⋯的要領◇I could follow the general gist of their conversation.我能聽懂他們談話的大體意思。

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