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Word: Gist
Speech Type: Noun
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))
dʒɪst
the substance or general meaning of a speech or text
Short Definition:substance or general meaning of speech or text
Examples:- it was hard to get the gist of Pedro's talk
the real point of an action
Short Definition:real point of action
Examples:- damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail
chat or gossip
Short Definition:chat or gossip
Examples:- I decided to spend the night at his place catching up on all the gist from the wedding
Word: Gist
Speech Type: Verb
dʒɪst
engage in chat or gossip
Short Definition:engage in chat or gossip
Examples:- I need a good friend I can always gist with
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