conspectus

[ kuhn-spek-tuhs ]

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noun,plural con·spec·tus·es.

a general or comprehensive view; survey.
a digest; summary; résumé.

Origin of conspectus

1830–40; <Latin: survey, view, act of seeing, equivalent to conspec-, variant stem of conspicere to see, catch sight of (con-con- + -spicere, combining form of specere to look) + -tus suffix of v. action

Other words for conspectus

2	compendium, brief, abstract, epitome

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How to use conspectus in a sentence

But the time is not wasted; the conspectus is always good, and the blur that remains on the mind is probably just enough.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
Often shown as Spice Russet, flatter and irregular: Vide conspectus.
American Pomology | J. A. Warder
conspectus Crustaceorum in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, C. Wilkes duce, collectorum.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles Darwin
No other document is so valuable for a complete conspectus of Jefferson's mind and theories at that time.
Thomas Jefferson | Gilbert Chinard
(Calcutta, 1903), gives a complete conspectus of Bihari in all its dialects and sub-dialects.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for conspectus

conspectus

/ (kənˈspɛktəs) /

noun

an overall view; survey
a summary; résumé

Origin of conspectus

C19: from Latin: a viewing, from conspicere to observe, from specere to look

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