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/sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
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A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
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Synonyms: abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
Antonyms: none provided
A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: outline, abstract, precis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: summary, sum-up
Narrower terms: brief, apercu, epitome
From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.
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Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
sinopsis
— brief summary
Albanian :
konspekt
— brief summary
Arabic :
مُلَخَّص
(mulaḵḵaṣ)
— brief summary
Belarusian :
агля́д
(ahljád)
— brief summary
Belarusian :
рэзюмэ́
(rezjumé)
— brief summary
Bulgarian :
обзо́р
(obzór)
— brief summary
Bulgarian :
резюме́
(rezjumé)
— brief summary
Catalan :
sinopsi
— brief summary
Chinese Mandarin :
概要
(gàiyào)
— brief summary
Chinese Mandarin :
提要
(tíyào)
— brief summary
Chinese Mandarin :
摘要
(zhāiyào)
— brief summary
Czech :
přehled
— brief summary
Czech :
synopse
— brief summary
Danish :
synopse
— brief summary
Danish :
synopsis
— brief summary
Dutch :
samenvatting
— brief summary
Dutch :
synopsis
— brief summary
Esperanto :
resumo
— brief summary
Esperanto :
sinoptiko
— brief summary
Estonian :
kokkuvõte
— brief summary
Finnish :
tiivistelmä
— brief summary
Finnish :
yhteenveto
— brief summary
Finnish :
synopsis
— brief summary
French :
abrégé
— brief summary
French :
précis
— brief summary
French :
résumé
— brief summary
Galician :
resumo
— brief summary
Galician :
sinopse
— brief summary
Georgian :
მიმოხილვა
(mimoxilva)
— brief summary
German :
Synopse
— brief summary
German :
Übersicht
— brief summary
German :
Zusammenfassung
— brief summary
Greek :
σύνοψη
(sýnopsi)
— brief summary
Greek :
περίληψη
(perílipsi)
— brief summary
Ancient Greek :
σύνοψις
(súnopsis)
— brief summary
Hebrew :
תַּקְצִיר
(taktsír)
— brief summary
Hindi :
सार
(sār)
— brief summary
Hungarian :
összefoglalás
— brief summary
Hungarian :
összegzés
— brief summary
Hungarian :
áttekintés
— brief summary
Hungarian :
összefoglaló
— brief summary
Indonesian :
sinopsis
— brief summary
Indonesian :
sari kata
— brief summary
Irish :
achoimre
— brief summary
Irish :
achoimriú
— brief summary
Italian :
sinossi
— brief summary
Japanese :
大意
(taii)
— brief summary
Japanese :
梗概
(kōgai)
— brief summary
Japanese :
概要
(gaiyō)
— brief summary
Japanese :
あらすじ
(arasuji)
— brief summary
Korean :
대위
(daewi)
— brief summary
Korean :
경개
(gyeonggae)
— brief summary
Korean :
개요
(gaeyo)
— brief summary
Māori :
whakarāpopoto
— brief summary
Polish :
streszczenie
— brief summary
Portuguese :
resumo
— brief summary
Portuguese :
sinopse
— brief summary
Romanian :
sinopsis
— brief summary
Russian :
кра́ткое описа́ние
(krátkoje opisánije)
— brief summary
Russian :
кра́ткий обзо́р
(krátkij obzór)
— brief summary
Russian :
сино́псис
(sinópsis)
— brief summary
Russian :
конспе́кт
(konspékt)
— brief summary
Russian :
обозре́ние
(obozrénije)
— brief summary
Russian :
резюме́
(rezjumɛ́)
— brief summary
Scottish Gaelic :
giorrachadh
— brief summary
Serbo-Croatian :
сино̀псис
— brief summary
Serbo-Croatian :
саже́так
— brief summary
Serbo-Croatian :
sinòpsis
— brief summary
Serbo-Croatian :
sažétak
— brief summary
Slovak :
prehľad
— brief summary
Slovak :
synopsa
— brief summary
Spanish :
resumen
— brief summary
Spanish :
sumario
— brief summary
Spanish :
sinopsis
— brief summary
Swedish :
sammanfattning
— brief summary
Swedish :
synopsis
— brief summary
Swedish :
sammandrag
— brief summary
Turkish :
özet
— brief summary
Ukrainian :
о́гляд
(óhljad)
— brief summary
Ukrainian :
резюме́
(rezjumé)
— brief summary
Ukrainian :
сино́псис
(synópsys)
— brief summary
Vietnamese :
tóm tắt
— brief summary
Welsh :
crynodeb
— brief summary