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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: gist (0.01023 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to gist.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: gist intisari
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gist gist n 1: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core] 2: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; “the gist of the prosecutor's argument”; “the heart and soul of the Republican Party”; “the nub of the story” [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gist Gist \Gist\, n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. g[^i]te, fr. g['e]sir to lie, L. jac?re, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jac?re to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. g[^i]t, 3d pers. sing. ind. of g['e]sir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est l[`a] que g[^i]t le li[`e]vre, it is there that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Agist, Joist, n., Gest a stage in traveling.] 1. A resting place. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question. [1913 Webster]

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