Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A summary or brief statement giving a general view of some subject; a compendium of heads or short paragraphs so arranged as to afford a view of the whole or of principal parts of a matter under consideration; a conspectus.
- noun In the Gr. Ch., a prayer-book for the use of the laity, of the same character as that described under anthology, 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brief summary of the major points of awritten work, either asprose or as atable ; anabridgment orcondensation of a work. - noun Orthodoxy A
prayer book for use by thelaity of the church.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Last time, I let the cat out of the bag, all right: I divulged the secret that just because many different people — agents, editors, contest rule-writers, fellowship committees, etc. — use the term synopsis, it does not mean that they are necessarily all talking about an identical document.
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Last time, I let the cat out of the bag, all right: I divulged the secret that just because many different people — agents, editors, contest rule-writers, fellowship committees, etc. — use the term synopsis, it does not mean that they are necessarily all talking about an identical document.
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Last time, I let the cat out of the bag, all right: I divulged the secret that just because many different people — agents, editors, contest rule-writers, fellowship committees, etc. — use the term synopsis, it does not mean that they are necessarily all talking about an identical document.
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They looked and found it, but only in synopsis from a Knight-Ridder wire thing on opinion around the country.
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If the synopsis is accurate then the story behind that gorgeous cover should prove an entertaining read.
Archive 2010-06-01 2010
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If the synopsis is accurate then the story behind that gorgeous cover should prove an entertaining read.
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TS does not sound exciting. but a synopsis is a little helpful, ja?
Leonardo Di Caprio Considering Prisoners; Commitment Depends On Who Directs | /Film 2010
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* Be sure your synopsis is a accurate distillation of your story and holds together all major plot points, internal and external conflicts, and character arcs.
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Not to mention I just read the synopsis is a previous post which kinda already had it in there.
The Tail Section » LOST 3.10 Tricia Tanaka is Dead - PREVIEW! 2007
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This synopsis is a bit more accurate than the back cover description found on the 1991 Carrol & Graf edition of the book, which focuses on Bruce's son, Aylmer.
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