gist in English

noun

1

the substance or essence of a speech or text.

she noted the gist of each message

synonyms: essence, substance, central theme, heart of the matter, nub, kernel, marrow, meat, burden, crux, thrust, drift, sense, meaning, significance, import, nitty-gritty

2

the real point of an action.

damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail

noun

essence, substance, central theme, heart of the matter, nub, kernel, marrow, meat, burden, crux, thrust, drift, sense, meaning, significance, import, nitty-gritty
marrow, nub, nitty-gritty, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, substance, meat, sum, heart, center, essence, core, pith
effect, burden, essence, core

Use "gist" in a sentence

1. That was the gist.

2. ― Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging

3. After the death of Elizabeth Lewis Benge, John Benge married Elizabeth Wut Teh Watts, a Cherokee woman who had been married to Nathaniel Gist and bore Gist a son, George Sequoyah Gist.

4. I'm afraid I don't quite follow your gist .

5. That was the gist of what he said.

6. They had understood the gist but needed help.

7. This is the gist of the routine she practices.

8. He related the gist of his conversation to Naseby.

9. I could follow the general gist of their conversation.

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11. Can you give me the gist of this report?

12. What is the gist of the parable of the virgins?

13. Explain the gist of Ezekiel’s prophecy regarding Gog of Magog.

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15. Read the article once through to get the gist of it.

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17. It is difficult to convey the gist of Reich's ideas simply.

18. Students are taught the skills of reading and listening for gist.

19. She would not, was the gist of what she communicated first.

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21. I couldn't hear everything they said but I got the gist. Sentencedict.com

22. Just make sure I get the gist of what you really want.

23. However, the gist of the seminars is this: The risk is miniscule.

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27. Obviously she had understood the gist of the will and just wanted confirmation.

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32. She had not misread the general gist of his words, imprecise though they were.

33. Well, I took out the bad words and the yeehaw, but you get the gist.

34. I can't remember her exact words, but this is the gist of what she said.

35. Don't worry about all the details as long as you get the gist of it.

36. The whole thing had to be repeated three or four times before Sandison got the gist.

37. Students are encouraged to read the text, getting the gist, then go deeper into the meaning.

38. Never got the gist of ventriloquism but loved his creepy grin and beat up wooden head.

39. She had said much more, and while he had not listened closely, he had got the gist.

40. The gist of all this is that life is an interactive phenomenon of planetary and biospheric scale.

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42. I missed the beginning of the lecture-can you give me the gist of what he said?

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44. Objective To analyze the epidemic situation data of hydrophobia in 200 and afford the science gist in preventing hydrophobia .

45. Bare essentials Although food labelling law is now very complex, the gist of it may be summarised fairly simply.

46. The gist of the auditors' criticism is that this is primarily a financial reporting problem rather than an auditing one.

47. Get the gist of what I'm talking about from the book No Attachments No Aversions, then get the Sedona Method

48. If so, it may only be necessary for me to see the Executive Summary to get the gist of its conclusions.

49. This is the gist of a message that Rabshakeh, an envoy of Assyrian King Sennacherib, delivered to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

50. In spite of the jargon, Sergeant Bradley appeared to have got the gist of what I'd said, so I signed dutifully.