digest
noun/ˈdaɪdʒest/
/ˈdaɪdʒest/
- a short report containing the most important facts of a longer report or piece of writing; a collection of short reports
- a monthly news digest
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin digest- ‘distributed, dissolved, digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’; the noun from Latin digesta ‘matters methodically arranged’, from digestus ‘divided’, from digerere.Want to learn more?
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