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digest

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈdaɪdʒɛst// di·gest Archaic

n. a short summary of a longer piece of writing or a collection of news stories. It helps you get the main ideas without reading everything.

n. a compilation or summary of material or information, often published in a condensed form. Frequently refers to a collection of legal rules or a periodical that summarizes current events.


SIMPLE

I read a weekly digest of the latest technology news.

CONTEXTUAL

The legal department issued a monthly digest of recent court rulings to keep the staff updated on new precedents.

COMPLEX

Scholars often rely on a comprehensive digest of historical documents when the original archives are too vast to examine in their entirety within a single semester.

Synonyms
Usage

Often takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the subject matter being summarized.

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