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Definition of gist:

  • (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Sentence Examples:

I remember the gist very well.

Here is the gist of it, then.

Herein lies the gist of the trouble.

There is the gist of human psychology.

Here was the gist of the matter.

Now, give me the gist of it first.

That was the gist of his prescription.

That was the whole gist of it.

He did not seem to grasp the gist.

This is the gist of the official instructions.

Such is the gist of these famous telegrams.

The above is the gist of the narrative.

The gist of the poem is quickly told.

The gist of the matter is as follows.

Now, here is the gist of the matter.

The gist of my memorial was as follows.

Just give me the gist of the matter.

Let us come to the gist of your letter.

This is the gist of the whole scheme.

Such was the gist of this curious interview.

The gist of the sermon is extremely simple.

The whole gist of the argument lies here.

At least they understood the gist of it.

And here comes the gist of the message.

At least that was the gist of it.

That is the whole gist of the story.

That is the gist of the whole matter.

There lies the whole gist of the matter.

The gist of the narrative was as follows.

That is the gist of the first meeting.

That is precisely the gist of the matter.

The gist of the story is well known.

The gist of this story is all true.

The gist of it was concentration and uniformity.

The gist of the whole problem is here.

This is the gist of the whole dispute.

Here was the gist of all his inquiry.

Gist, and expressed great joy at seeing him.

That is the gist of the whole thing.

There is the whole gist of the matter.

There again appeared the true gist of the offense.

Now, here we have the gist of the matter.

Now we come to the gist of the matter.

Let me quote the gist of his remarks again.

Yes, I had got the gist all right.

Well, what was the gist of her enlightenment?

Bernini had telegraphed the gist of the adventure.

That was the gist of the whole matter.

Well, that's the gist of what was said.

That was the gist of his violent gestures.

Here we come to the gist of our whole inquiry.

This is the gist of what he said, boys.

Well, the gist of this matter lies here then.

The general gist of the argument is as follows.

Field asked to be told the gist of it.

Lucy failed to catch the gist of the remark.

He quickly repeated the gist of Knapp's weird story.

Here then is the gist of the whole matter.

Herein lies the very gist of the cycle's meaning.

Now you have the whole gist of the affair.

Gist mistrusted him, and I soon shared his opinion.

I give you the exact gist of what he said.

To some extent here lies the gist of the matter.

The gist of what I have to say lies deeper.

Gist, visited in turn during that month of October.

Carteret has given you the gist at the matter.

He did not understand the gist of the question.

The last two lines are the gist of it.

"I'll tell you the gist of it later," said Farrell.

And we now come to the gist of the matter.

I can give you the gist of the matter now.

"As a matter of form, repeat the gist to me."

Did Marina ever tell you the gist of these conversations?

At greater length he repeated the gist of their conversation.

The gist of this is down in your brief, Grayson.

Neither does it touch the true gist of the question.

Is that the gist of your fine words, after all?

To me this is the gist of the whole matter.

"That I take to be the gist of our political theory."

This is the gist of one of the famous fourteen points.

Yet the gist of the story greatly surprised us.

Its end verse contains the gist of the story.

The gist of it was that they were all right.

He suddenly smiled as if he'd just caught the gist.

"It is the whole gist of the matter," I said.

If not the words, at least the gist of it.

This is the gist of the whole matter of infringement.

I then informed him of the gist of this conversation.

Tarzan repeated the gist of the conversation to his wife.

I will here tell you the gist of a common song.

This is the gist of what we have learned about them.

The reader's imagination will supply the gist of the argument.

"Captain Abercrombie, let me know the gist of this affair."

The amendment brings up the very gist of the matter.

This is the great gist of the charge against him.

I forget his words, but remember the gist of them.

Brown's English, had gathered the gist of what he said.

How was Robert to get the gist of these home?

This was the gist of all they had to say.

Of course the gist of his discourse may be readily imagined.