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   Gist

   /jist/

   

   noun

   • 1. the substance or essence of a speech or text: "she noted the gist of each message"
   • 2. the real point of an action: "damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail"
   • 3. chat or gossip: Nigerian "I decided to spend the night at his place catching up on all the gist from the wedding"

   verb

   • 1. engage in chat or gossip: Nigerian "I need a good friend I can always gist with"

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie’, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves (gist (sense 2 of the noun)).

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   Synonyms for GIST: essence, core, root, heart, point, kernel, sum, crux, keynote, meat.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to gist. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of gist. The gist of his long speech was that he is against the proposal. Synonyms. essence. main idea. main point. essential part. sense. force. significance. substance. sum and substance. implication. theme. burden.

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   the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence. see more. noun. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. “the gist of the prosecutor's argument”.

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