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synopsis

Best crossword clue

"Brief plot summary"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted inopsssyStarts with SEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Word origin

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.

Used in a sentence

  • The following Synopsis is intended as a monograph of those species of the order hitherto discovered…
  • In the following synopsis of the history of the United States the principal events are briefly mentioned…
  • A Synopsis, on the other hand, should be short enough and general enough so that a person who has not yet begun to study the language can follow it…

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