gist

Significado (English)

Noun

1. The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
2. The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
3. Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.

Verb

1. To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.
2. To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

Synonyms

essence

core

point

substance

meaning

kernel

summary

purport

heart

❤️

pith

main point

nub

marrow

essentials

abstract

motive

nitty-gritty

outline

idea

💡

opinion

essential part

epitome

essential

content

sum

burden

center

heart and soul

meat

🥩

tenor

quiddity

theme

centre

nucleus

effect

main points

inwardness

object

aim

sense

significance

statement

stone

🪨

subject

substantial

summery

table of contents

text

thrust

vital

main object

main meaning

synoptic

abbreviation

aspect

being

bulk

connotation

contents

crux

drift

entity

fun

fundamentals

general idea

grass roots

hang

heading

import

in brief

inherent

innate

integral

interest

intrinsic

issue

keystone

main

masterstroke

matter

nature

net

pit

pithiness

precis

purpose

question

❓

quintessence

reason

savor

savour

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/d͡ʒɪst/

Etimoloxía (English)

Cognate with francés: gésir

Cognate with Anglo-Norman: (cest) action gist

In summary

The noun is derived from Old French gist, a noun use of the third person singular indicative of gesir (“to lie down”) (modern French gésir; compare Anglo-Norman (cest) action gist (literally “(law) (this) action lies”)), from Latin iacēre, the present active infinitive of iaceō (“to lie down, lie prostrate, recline”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”) (probably in the sense of something being thrown down).
The verb is derived from the noun.