English-Thai Dictionary

gist

N ใจความสำคัญ  ส่วนสำคัญ  แก่น  essence significance jaikwam-sam-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GIST

n.In law, the main point of a question; the point on which an action rests.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIST

Gist, n. Etym: [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gîte, fr. gésir to lie, L. jac, prop. , to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jacre to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. gît, 3d pers. sing. ind. of gésir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est là que gît le lièvre, it is there that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Agist, Joist, n., Gest a stage in traveling. ]

 

1. A resting place. [Obs. ] These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. Holland.

 

2. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gist

gist |jist ʤɪst | ▶noun [ in sing. ] 1 the substance or essence of a speech or text: she noted the gist of each message. 2 Law the real point of an action: damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie, ’ from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies ’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves ( sense 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

gist

gist |dʒɪst | ▶noun [ in sing. ] 1 the substance or general meaning of a speech or text: it was hard to get the gist of Pedro's talk. 2 Law the real point of an action. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie ’, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies ’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves ( sense 2 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gist

gist noun this paper relays the gist of my presentation: essence, substance, central theme, heart of the matter, nub, kernel, marrow, meat, burden, crux; thrust, drift, sense, meaning, significance, import; informal nitty-gritty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gist

gist noun the gist of his speech: essence, substance, quintessence, main idea /theme, central idea /theme, nub, core, heart, heart of the matter, nucleus, kernel, pith, marrow, meat, burden, crux, important point; thrust, direction, drift, sense, meaning, significance, import; informal nitty-gritty.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gist

gist /dʒɪst /名詞 C 1 〖the ～〗要点, 骨子, 趣旨 .2 〘法 〙訴訟の主要訴因 .