Explore Gist through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like essence or core. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gist meaning
- The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
- The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
- Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
Synonyms of Gist
Using Gist
- The main meaning on this page is: The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith. | The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen. | Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
- Useful related words include: essence, core, inwardness, heart and soul.
- In the example corpus, gist often appears in combinations such as: the gist, gist of, gist is.
Context around Gist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gist
- In this selection, "gist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tumors, general, resistant, son, behind and brady stand out and add context to how "gist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but the gist is that and but the gist of camp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gist" sits close to words such as alder, aphasia and aspirational, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the gist of Camp Snoopy remains. (7 words)
In the mornings, not every instruction is remembered, but the gist sticks. (12 words)
The gist is (keeping expletives out of it) “get it up the field”. (13 words)
If you’re unfamiliar with the disgraced power player’s story, the gist is this: For years, Finch told tall tales about how she survived a rare form of bone cancer, lost a kidney and even decided to have an abortion because of treatment. (44 words)
The gist: Brady saw the game better than anyone Belichick — a 71-year-old football lifer who just completed his 48th season as an NFL coach — has ever met, and the QB’s incomparable football IQ was the bedrock of their relationship. (42 words)
If caught early, the cancer has a high survival rate - however, most people in the early stages of GIST do not have any symptoms, meaning there is a risk the cancer could spread throughout the body before it is discovered. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
GIST and Imatinib Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal tumors that affect the gastrointestinal tract. citation Treatment options have been limited.
Family flowers only, but donations in lieu if desired for Cancer Research UK may be made at the service or sent to R Gist & Son, 18 Castle Street, Torrington, EX38 8EZ.
I cannot do his words justice, but the gist of what he talked about was how he explains to new hires at Clio the outsized impact their work can have.
It is too early to do any election analysis, and Ed is better at that than I anyway, but the gist of it is simple: Democrats have a turnout machine that works, and Republicans don’t.
It's at this point where I present to you the "gist" of my thinking so you can read this paragraph, understand my thinking, and then get out before being exposed to too much Doyle mojo.
No confirmation on what those surprises are exactly, but the gist is that we’ll get more of Art’s world somehow before the next film.
Researchers have uncovered the molecular mechanisms in young children’s brains underlying the change from general “gist”-like memories to specific episodic memories tied to a context as they age, through a study conducted in mice.
That was the gist of the message relayed by city attorney Erin Smith, when these high fees and taxes were adopted.
The gist behind this strategy is to create the aura of legitimacy around corporations and their science.
The gist: Brady saw the game better than anyone Belichick — a 71-year-old football lifer who just completed his 48th season as an NFL coach — has ever met, and the QB’s incomparable football IQ was the bedrock of their relationship.
The gist in town is the feeling that the country is not on autopilot.
The gist is attacks of this nature are incredibly rare not only in Florida but everywhere alligators are present.
The gist is (keeping expletives out of it) “get it up the field”.
The gist of his brief welcome, of which more shortly, was to thank the audience for buying tickets: in so doing, they were supporting an organisation that believes in excellence and in making music available to all.
The results demonstrate that olverembatinib and Bcl-2 inhibitor lisaftoclax have synergistic antitumor effects in imatinib-resistant GIST.
Think healthy skin lit by candlelight, and you've got the gist of how this one looks on skin.
But the gist of Camp Snoopy remains.
If caught early, the cancer has a high survival rate - however, most people in the early stages of GIST do not have any symptoms, meaning there is a risk the cancer could spread throughout the body before it is discovered.
If you’re unfamiliar with the disgraced power player’s story, the gist is this: For years, Finch told tall tales about how she survived a rare form of bone cancer, lost a kidney and even decided to have an abortion because of treatment.
In the mornings, not every instruction is remembered, but the gist sticks.
Common combinations with gist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gist 67×
- gist of 46×
- gist is 5×
- general gist 4×
- gist and 3×
- gist in 3×
- basic gist 3×
- tumors gist 2×
- gist are 2×
- of gist 2×