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ALL meanings of gist

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  • noun gist the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech? 1
  • noun gist the ground of a legal action. 1
  • noun gist The substance or essence of a speech or text. 1
  • singular noun gist The gist of a speech, conversation, or piece of writing is its general meaning. 0
  • noun gist the point or substance of an argument, speech, etc 0
  • noun gist the essential point of an action 0
  • noun gist the grounds for action in a lawsuit 0
  • noun gist the essence or main point, as of an article or argument 0
  • noun gist The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter. 0
  • noun gist (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action. 0
  • noun gist (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging. 0
  • verb gist To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of. 0
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