- gist, the
- [dʒɪst]noun [singular]the main idea, or the general meaning of something
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gist, the — [ dʒıst ] noun the main idea or most important point of something that someone has written or said: get/catch the gist of something: I only got the gist of what he was saying … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gist — / jist/ n [Anglo French, in the phrase laccion gist the action lies or is based (on), from gisir to lie (of process), from Old French gesir to lie, ultimately from Latin jacere]: the ground or foundation of a legal action without which it would… … Law dictionary
Gist — may be:* , the central idea or the essence race * Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, an R D university in Gwangju city, South Korea * GiST, or Generalized Search Tree, a flexible datastructure for building search trees * Gist… … Wikipedia
gist — [dʒıst] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Anglo French; Origin: it lies, it can be presented in a court of law , from Old French gesir to lie ] the gist the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written the gist of ▪ The gist of his argument is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
the gist — the general or basic meaning of something said or written usually + of The gist of her argument was that the law was unfair. I didn t read the whole article, but I got the gist of it. [=I understood the main points of it] • • • Main Entry: ↑gist … Useful english dictionary
the long and short — of something is the substance, the most important part or the gist.( The long and the short is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
gist — acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gist; aero·ge·ol·o·gist; aer·ol·o·gist; aer·oph·a·gist; ag·ro·bi·ol·o·gist; ag·ro·ge·ol·o·gist; agrol·o·gist; ag·ros·tol·o·gist; al·gol·o·gist; al·ler·gist; al·pha·be·tol·o·gist; am·phib·i·ol·o·gist; anal·o·gist;… … English syllables
gist — noun the gist the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written (+ of): The gist of his argument is that full employment is impossible. | get the gist (=understand the main meaning of something): Don t worry about all the details as… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Infobox Television show name = The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn caption = The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn main title card. show name 2 = The Adventures of Huck Finn genre = Children s creator = Mark Twain (novels Adventures of… … Wikipedia
the long and short — noun The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features. The speech went on for hours, but the long and short of it is that not much has changed since last year. Syn … Wiktionary
