› the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details:
That was the gist of what he said.
I think I got (= understood) the gist of what she was saying.
(Definition of “the gist” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of “gist” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Mot du jour
warm-hearted
kind and loving