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synopsis
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 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. 2 (context Orthodoxy English) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A synopsis is a brief summary of the major points of a subject or written work or story, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work. Synopsis or synopsys may refer to:
- Kievan Synopsis, a historical work, first published in Kiev in 1676
- Synopsis of Pure Mathematics, a book by G. S. Carr, written in 1886
- Synopsis Universae Philologiae, an early work on comparative linguistics by Gottfried Hensel (Godofredus Henselius, 1687–1767)
- Synopsys, an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California
- Video synopsis, an approach to create a short video summary of a long video
- Transcript poetry, a data collection method for qualitative research
Usage examples of "synopsis".
Frederic Bushman, 2002, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, is an important synopsis of what is currently known about DNA transfer through viruses, transposons, plasmids, etc.
Cherries By Quintin Jardine Synopsis: When famous film producer Miles Grayson offers Oz Blackstone a major role in his latest cop movie shooting in Edinburgh, Oz cannot resist taking centre stage.
By: Helen Dickson Synopsis: Blake gave a laugh of unbridled amusement.
CAUSES BY MARK OLSHAKER Synopsis: Ex Navy Seal, Viet nam Veteran Brian Thorp now a noted surgeon at Bethesda Naval Hospital, is draw into investigating the suspicious deaths of other Viet nam Veterans.
By: Kim Isaac Eisler Category: nonfiction biography Synopsis: A biography of one of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of this century explores his role in landmark decisions on pornography, libel, desegregation, search and seizure, and legislative redistricting.
By Robin Eggar Synopsis: On 4 September 1991 thirty-three young men entered the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone in Devon.
By: RICHARD STEINBERG Synopsis: Code-named Gemini, he is conditioned to do just two things: breath and kill.
By: Richard Hemic Category: fiction military Synopsis: A DEEP SEA FIGHT TO THE DEATH!
By: Mercedes Lackey Synopsis: In Storm Rising, mysterious mage-storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar, Karse, and all the Kingdoms of the West, plaguing these lands not only with disastrous earthquakes, monsoons, and ice storms, but also with venomous magical constructs-terrifying creatures out of nightmare.
I do not refer to the specials of various journals which are good, bad, or indifferent, as the case may be, and commonly colored by partisan considerations, but the regular synopsis sent to the country at large.
He stood up and tucked sketches and synopsis into his own portfolio and Dan had a moment of panic.
By: Rochelle Krich Category: fiction medical Synopsis: As she has skillfully done in her past novels Speak No Evil and Angel of Death, Rochelle Krich adeptly tackles another timely and often heated controversial issue, fertility procedures, within the framework of a twisting plot--in this her most heart-pounding and suspenseful novel to date.
Father Caspar describes it as a “Sphynx Mystagoga, an Oedipus Aegyp-tiacus, a Monad leroglyphica, a Clavis Convenientia Lin-guarum, a Theatrum Cosmographicum Historicum, a Sylva Sylvarum of every alphabet natural and artificial, an Archi-tectura Curiosa Nova, a Combinatory Lamp, Mensa Isiaca, Metametricon, Synopsis Anthropoglottogonica, Basilica Cryp-tographica, an Amphitheatrum Sapientiae, Cryptomenesis Patefacta, Catoptron Polygraphicum, a Gazophylacium Ver-borum, a Mysterium Artis Steganographicae, Area Arithmo-logica, Archetypon Polyglotta, an Eisagoge Horapollinea, Congestorium Artificiosae Memoriae, Pantometron de Furtivis Literarum Notis, Mercurius Redivivus, and an Etymologicon Lustgartlein!
A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, two volumes, by a fellow named George Shoobridge Garr.
Through this brief synopsis, the screen showed the wondering seaman more dolphins with young calves.