synopsis
a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
a compendium of heads or short paragraphs giving a view of the whole.
a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc.
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These scenes bring out a strange lightheartedness you would not expect going into a film with such a heady synopsis.
'Rosewater' Review: Jon Stewart's Clumsy but Earnest Directorial Debut | Alex Suskind | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor The Signature of All Things, for instance, I wrote a 70 page synopsis of the book before I wrote the book.
With my third book, what was supposed to be the climax (at least, according to the synopsis) arrived on page 100.
Michelle Gagnon’s How I Write Interview: When I Was a Russian Supper-Club Dancer | Noah Charney | September 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGrunwald offers a synopsis of the book in a Foreign Policy piece.
The Real Obama Needs to Fight Five GOP Myths About the Imaginary Obama | Michael Tomasky | September 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSkim a synopsis of a Roth satire and you might think him only riotous, ludicrous and extravagant.
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His account of this initiation turns upon two or three points which do not appear in the synopsis of the sixth chapter.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteHe knew as much about it as Tadeo, but the published synopsis helped him and his fancy supplied the rest.
The Reign of Greed | Jose RizalThis briefer story cannot but be a repetition of the facts and a synopsis of the fuller statement of them.
Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? | Henry V. BoyntonEnough of its plan and purpose has been given in former chapters to make a synopsis of it unnecessary here.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineSidenotes giving a running synopsis of the text have been kept as close as possible to their original format and location.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for synopsis
/ (sɪˈnɒpsɪs) /
a condensation or brief review of a subject; summary
Origin of synopsis
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