26984 words

gist

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details:

Examples:

get the gist We got the gist, but not every word.
the gist of I was just about able to grasp the gist of their argument.
2
the main subject, without details, of a piece of information:

Examples:

The gist of what she said was that I didn’t know what I was talking about.

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