İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. İşin özü, meselenin esası, hulâsa, özet.
2. i. ana fikir, esas anlam; başlıca fikirler. öz, ana fikir, ana noktalar. özet. özet. i. ana fikir, esas anlam; başlıca fikirler. öz, özet, ana fikir, asıl.
3. meselenin esası, ana fikir, hulâsa, özet, öz.
4. öz. ana fikir. ana noktalar.
5. öz. meselenin esası. hülasa. özet.
6. özet.

Etymology : Anglo-French, it lies, from Middle French, from gesir to lie, ultimately from Latin jacEre; more at ADJACENT
Pronunciation : jist
Function : noun
Date : circa 1711

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1. essential part; main point. gist\gist\ , n. [of. giste abode, lodgings, f. gîte, fr. gésir 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. gît, 3d pers. sing. ind. of gésir to lie, used in a proverb, f., c'est là que gît le lièvre, 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.].
2. a resting place. [obs.] these quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.
3. 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.gist n.
4. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core].
5. 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].
6. A resting place.
7. 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.
8. The gist of a speech, conversation, or piece of writing is its general meaning. He related the gist of his conversation to Naseby. the gist the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written the gist of (from gesir ).