Gist can be categorized as a noun.
Verb |
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| gist - To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of. | ||
Noun |
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| 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" | ||
| gist - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
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| 1. | noun | The gist of the prosecutor's argument. | |
| 2. | noun | I got the gist of what he was saying. | |
| 3. | noun | Advanced learners of a language would usually get the gist but not the quirks. | |
| 4. | noun | Tom only got the gist of what Mary was saying. | |
| 5. | noun | In reality, the explanation is a bit more complicated than this, but you get the gist. | |
| 6. | noun | Nobody will say it so bluntly, but that is the gist of it. | |
| 7. | noun | Give me the gist. | |
| 8. | noun | The gist of the Nuremberg trials is that if you don't punch Nazis, you're as bad as they are. | |
| 9. | noun | Did I understand the gist of the question correctly? | |
| 10. | noun | It's hard to understand Tom's linguistic terms, but I get the gist of his argument. | |
| 11. | noun | "Hey, Dennis, I have a stack of Chinese comics I bought off a street vendor." "Can you read them, Marko?" "I know some characters. I sort of get the gist of the stories." |
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| noun | |
| The gist of the prosecutor's argument. |
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| I got the gist of what he was saying. | |
| Advanced learners of a language would usually get the gist but not the quirks. | |
| Tom only got the gist of what Mary was saying. | |
| In reality, the explanation is a bit more complicated than this, but you get the gist. | |
| Nobody will say it so bluntly, but that is the gist of it. | |
| Give me the gist. | |
| The gist of the Nuremberg trials is that if you don't punch Nazis, you're as bad as they are. | |
| Did I understand the gist of the question correctly? | |
| It's hard to understand Tom's linguistic terms, but I get the gist of his argument. | |
| "Hey, Dennis, I have a stack of Chinese comics I bought off a street vendor." "Can you read them, Marko?" "I know some characters. I sort of get the gist of the stories." | |