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Meanings of synopsis in English

Portuguese
sinopse
Catalan
sinopsi

A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.

sinopse
Usage of synopsis in English
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The following synopsis of what I said was published in the papers:
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
2
Objective: To provide a synopsis of current haemophilia care in Hong Kong.
Pubmed
3
The film synopsis reads, High school best friends and science prodigies C.J.
Ebony
4
Able, delivered with more of a romantic story than a clinical synopsis.
Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
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From the synopsis of a Singapore play-justthe last scene or two:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914
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At first, I thought it was a comment on my inept synopsis.
The Guardian
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She strung together an amazing synopsis for an extravaganza of martial adventure.
The Beautiful and Damned
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Put plainly in as crude a synopsis as this, Camus is extraordinary.
The Irish Times
9
You've got the Astor Library skinned to a synopsis of preceding chapters.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
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I have a pamphlet around here somewhere but this is a synopsis.
An ordinary decent criminal
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Le Week-End, Philomena and Saving Mr Banks all sound awful in synopsis.
The Guardian
12
Nobody even showed me a course synopsis; I'm not sure why I'm here.
The Atrocity Archives
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I've just finished looking at a synopsis of the cruise health data again.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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The story I give is but the synopsis of the play:
Filipino Popular Tales
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This article is a synopsis of the proposed subaxial and thoracolumbar classification systems.
Pubmed
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The following synopsis of the sub-order is given by Mr. Alston:-
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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Catalan
sinopsi
Synopsis through the time
Synopsis across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common