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- Dictionarygist/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"
verb
- 1. engage in chat or gossip: Nigerian "I need a good friend I can always gist with"
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1. : the ground (see ground entry 1 sense 4a) of a legal action. 2. : the main point or part : essence. the gist of an argument. Did you know? The main point, overarching theme, essence—that’s gist in a nutshell. The gist of gist, if you will.
GIST definition: 1. the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without…. Learn more.
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”
Gist definition: the main or essential part of a matter. See examples of GIST used in a sentence.
the main subject, without details, of a piece of information: The gist of what she said was that I didn’t know what I was talking about. (Definition of gist from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of gist. gist. You could make out the gist of things, but here the details come into focus. From NPR.
gist (of something) the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, a speech or a conversation. to get (= understand) the gist of an argument; I missed the beginning of the lecture—can you give me the gist of what he said? I'm afraid I don't quite follow your gist (= what you really mean).
1. the point or substance of an argument, speech, etc. 2. (Law) law the essential point of an action. [C18: from Anglo-French, as in cest action gist en this action consists in, literally: lies in, from Old French gésir to lie, from Latin jacēre, from jacere to throw]
