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Meanings of
synopsis
in English
Portuguese
sinopse
Catalan
sinopsi
Back to the meaning
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
outline
abstract
precis
Portuguese
sinopse
Synonyms
Examples for "
outline
"
outline
abstract
precis
Examples for "
outline
"
1
The new industrial plan is due to
outline
investments, including new models.
2
The
outline
of an agreement on debt is certainly easy to imagine.
3
Then he viewed the scheme in general
outline
and in remote detail.
4
Macron's government produced the broad
outline
of its pension plan in July.
5
He thought he saw the
outline
of a shape beginning to form.
1
It was still distant,
abstract
:
battles at sea thousands of miles off.
2
Part of the problem is that microformats are thus far very
abstract
.
3
Freedom -rather more complicated in the concrete than the
abstract
,
yes?'
4
ITF's interest in Ireland's rescue services therefore is not an
abstract
thing.
5
The idea of vegetation in general is too
abstract
to be primitive.
1
The following
precis
,
though imperfect, will give some idea of the correspondence:
2
You may have heard of them but here is a
precis
.
3
In any case the
precis
begins with these illuminating sentences:
4
In
precis
,
they make more mistakes if they get very cold, or very hot.
5
It is known by a variety of terms-summingup, resume, epitome, review,
precis
,
condensation.
Usage of
synopsis
in English
1
The following
synopsis
of what I said was published in the papers:
2
Objective: To provide a
synopsis
of current haemophilia care in Hong Kong.
3
The film
synopsis
reads, High school best friends and science prodigies C.J.
4
Able, delivered with more of a romantic story than a clinical
synopsis
.
5
From the
synopsis
of a Singapore play-justthe last scene or two:-
6
At first, I thought it was a comment on my inept
synopsis
.
7
She strung together an amazing
synopsis
for an extravaganza of martial adventure.
8
Put plainly in as crude a
synopsis
as this, Camus is extraordinary.
9
You've got the Astor Library skinned to a
synopsis
of preceding chapters.
10
I have a pamphlet around here somewhere but this is a
synopsis
.
11
Le Week-End, Philomena and Saving Mr Banks all sound awful in
synopsis
.
12
Nobody even showed me a course
synopsis
;
I'm not sure why I'm here.
13
I've just finished looking at a
synopsis
of the cruise health data again.
14
The story I give is but the
synopsis
of the play:
15
This article is a
synopsis
of the proposed subaxial and thoracolumbar classification systems.
16
The following
synopsis
of the sub-order is given by Mr. Alston:-
Other examples for "synopsis"
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About this term
synopsis
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
brief synopsis
short synopsis
complete synopsis
official synopsis
provide a synopsis
More collocations
Translations for
synopsis
Portuguese
sinopse
sumário
resumo
Catalan
sinopsi
Synopsis
through the time
Synopsis
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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