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Synopses

Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, n.; pl. Synopses. [L., from Gr. ?; sy`n with, together + ? a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle.
--Bp. Warburton.

Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.

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synopses

n. (plural of synopsis English)

WordNet
synopsis
  1. n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: outline, abstract, precis]

  2. [also: synopses (pl)]

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Usage examples of "synopses".

Editors are not likely to like my advance synopses in any case, for it is simply impossible for me to give the flavor of a story not yet written in a synopsis.

I write my own synopses only when the editor twists my arm and demands it-which is usually.

He had written plenty of brief or vague mission synopses in the past, in the press of events or exhaustion.

We don't have any way to know that where Jurgensen's synopses are concerned, and he won't tell us.

True, they've done so only in private conversations, not publicly, but you and I have both read the Foreign Ministry's synopses of Ambassador Kaiserfest's discussions with their Secretary of State.

But the fact that he never so much as hinted—as far as I can tell from the synopses, at least—that Haven was preparing to resume active operations strikes me as significant.

From time to time I made rough sketches or synopses of what was to follow, immediately or far ahead.

That it is untrue for my story, a mere reading of the synopses should show.