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synopsis
[ si-nop-sis ]
noun
- 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.
synopsis
/ sɪˈnɒpsɪs /
noun
- a condensation or brief review of a subject; summary
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of synopsis1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
These scenes bring out a strange lightheartedness you would not expect going into a film with such a heady synopsis.
For 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.
Grunwald offers a synopsis of the book in a Foreign Policy piece.
Skim a synopsis of a Roth satire and you might think him only riotous, ludicrous and extravagant.
His account of this initiation turns upon two or three points which do not appear in the synopsis of the sixth chapter.
He knew as much about it as Tadeo, but the published synopsis helped him and his fancy supplied the rest.
This briefer story cannot but be a repetition of the facts and a synopsis of the fuller statement of them.
Enough of its plan and purpose has been given in former chapters to make a synopsis of it unnecessary here.
Sidenotes giving a running synopsis of the text have been kept as close as possible to their original format and location.
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