synopses
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —n , pl -ses | |
| a condensation or brief review of a subject; summary | |
| [C17: via Late Latin from Greek sunopsis, from | |
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Word Origin & History
synopsis
1611, from L.L. synopsis "a synopsis," from Gk. synopsis "general view," from a stem of synoran "to see altogether, all at once," from syn- "together" + horan "to see, view." Synoptic (1763) is applied to the first three Gospels (1841) on notion of "giving an account of events from the same point of
view."
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Example sentences
All of these claims may be readily verified by perusing the many synopses of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.
It occurred to me that other sci-fi and fantasy movies also require terse synopses for the channel-surfing community.
Synopses of next year's problems are already posted.
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