"epitome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈpɪt.ə.mi/ [UK, US], /ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-epitome-2.ogg , En-us-epitome.ogg , en-au-epitome.ogg Forms: epitomes [plural], epitomai [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “I cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*temh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|epitomē}} Latin epitomē, {{der|en|grc|ἐπιτομή||an abridgment, also a surface-incision}} Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), {{prefix|grc|ἐπι-|τέμνω|nocat=1|t1=up|t2=to cut}} ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|epitomai}} epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)
  1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items. Synonyms: exemplar, model, type, exemplar, model Translations (embodiment or encapsulation of): toonbeeld (Afrikaans), mishërim (Albanian), ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَثَال (maṯāl) [masculine] (Arabic), ўвасабле́нне (ŭvasabljénnje) (Belarusian), въплъще́ние (vǎplǎšténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 縮影 /缩影 (suōyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), ztělesnění (Czech), indbegrebet (Danish), verwezenlijking [feminine] (Dutch), belichaming [feminine] (Dutch), personificatie [feminine] (Dutch), epitoom (Estonian), ruumiillistuma (Finnish), résumé (French), épitomé [masculine] (French), epítome (Galician), Verkörperlichung [feminine] (German), επιτομή (epitomí) (Greek), תמצית (tamtsot) (Hebrew), ímynd (Icelandic), epitome (Italian), 縮図 (shukuzu) (alt: しゅくず) (Japanese), innbegrepet (Norwegian), خلاصه (Persian), ucieleśnienie [neuter] (Polish), epítome (Portuguese), воплоще́ние (voploščénije) (Russian), олицетворе́ние (olicetvorénije) [neuter] (Russian), епитом [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), утјеловљење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), персонификација [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), оваплоћење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), epitom [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), utjelovljenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), personifikacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ovaploćenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), epítome [masculine] (Spanish), sammandrag (Swedish), personifiering [common-gender] (Swedish), inbegrepp [neuter] (Swedish), inkarnation [common-gender] (Swedish), özet (Turkish), יפּיטאַמי (ypitami) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-epitome-en-noun-l5A1PhXy Disambiguation of 'embodiment or encapsulation of': 76 19 5 1
  2. A representative example. Synonyms: quintessential, poster child, exemplar Translations (representative example): ruumiillistuma (Finnish), malliesimerkki (Finnish), personnification [feminine] (French), incarnation [feminine] (French), típuspélda (Hungarian), megtestesülés (Hungarian), megtestesítő (Hungarian), megtestesült (note: in adjectival role) (Hungarian), két lábon járó (note: in adjectival role) (Hungarian), personificazione [feminine] (Italian), incarnazione [feminine] (Italian), personificare [feminine] (Romanian), образец (obrazec) [masculine] (Russian), personifikation (Swedish)
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  3. The height; the best; the most vivid. Synonyms: acme, greatest Translations (the height; the best): toppunt [neuter] (Dutch), ruumiillistuma (Finnish), apice [masculine] (Italian), karamata (Maori), эталон (etalon) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-epitome-en-noun-J3z~doDH Disambiguation of 'the height; the best': 2 1 97 0
  4. A brief summary of a text. Synonyms: abstract, synopsis Translations (summary): ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), резюме (rezjume) [neuter] (Bulgarian), samenvatting [feminine] (Dutch), synopsis [feminine] (Dutch), uittreksel [neuter] (Dutch), excerpt [neuter] (Dutch), tiivistelmä (Finnish), abstrakti (Finnish), yhteenveto (Finnish), résumé (French), abrégé (French), Abriss [masculine] (German), összegzés (Hungarian), összefoglalás (Hungarian), kivonat (Hungarian), foglalat (Hungarian), lényeg (Hungarian), gearrinsint [feminine] (Irish), compendio [masculine] (Italian), sommario [masculine] (Italian), sunto [masculine] (Italian), sinossi [feminine] (Italian), epitome (Italian), epítome (Portuguese), конспе́кт (konspékt) [masculine] (Russian), кра́ткое изложе́ние (krátkoje izložénije) [neuter] (Russian), резюме́ (rezjumɛ́) [neuter] (Russian), sinopsis (Serbo-Croatian), epitom (Serbo-Croatian), epítome [masculine] (Spanish), resumen [masculine] (Spanish), sinopsis [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-epitome-en-noun-s2AoZnZx Disambiguation of 'summary': 1 5 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epitomal, epitomic, epitomical, epitomistic, epitomize, epitomous Related terms: epitomator, epitomist, epitomizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 27:",
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          "text": "But first I took up Ayesha's kirtle and the gauzy scarf with which she had been wont to hide her dazzling loveliness from the eyes of men, and, averting my head so that I might not look upon it, covered up that dreadful relic of the glorious dead, that shocking epitome of human beauty and human life.",
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          "word": "ovaploćenje"
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          "text": "Having now so amply declared unto thee most of the principal things of this thrice-renowned and illustrious city, I will briefly by way of an epitome mention most of the other particulars thereof, and so finally shut up this narration: there are reported to be in Venice and the circumjacent islands two hundred churches in which are one hundred forth-three pairs of organs, fifty-four monasteries, twenty-six nunneries, fifty-six tribunals or places of judgment, seventeen hospitals, six companies or fraternities, whereof I have before spoken; one hundred and sixty-five marble statues of worthy personages, partly equestrial, partly pedestrial, which are erected in sundry places of the city, to the honour of those that either at home have prudently administered the commonweal, or abroad valiantly fought for the same.",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "toonbeeld"
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
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      "word": "مَثَال"
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      "roman": "vǎplǎšténie",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "縮影 /缩影"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "indbegrebet"
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "verwezenlijking"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "belichaming"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "personificatie"
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "epitoom"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ruumiillistuma"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "résumé"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "epítome"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkörperlichung"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitomí",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "επιτομή"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ἐπιτομή"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tamtsot",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "תמצית"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "ímynd"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "epitome"
    },
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      "alt": "しゅくず",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shukuzu",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "縮図"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "innbegrepet"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "خلاصه"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ucieleśnienie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "epítome"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "voploščénije",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "воплоще́ние"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "олицетворе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "епитом"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "утјеловљење"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "персонификација"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
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      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inkarnation"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "özet"
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    {
      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "ypitami",
      "sense": "embodiment or encapsulation of",
      "word": "יפּיטאַמי"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "ruumiillistuma"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "malliesimerkki"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "personnification"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "incarnation"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "típuspélda"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "megtestesülés"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "megtestesítő"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "megtestesült"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "in adjectival role",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "két lábon járó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "personificazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "incarnazione"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "personificare"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrazec",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "образец"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "representative example",
      "word": "personifikation"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "the height; the best",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "toppunt"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the height; the best",
      "word": "ruumiillistuma"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the height; the best",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "apice"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the height; the best",
      "word": "karamata"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etalon",
      "sense": "the height; the best",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "эталон"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rezjume",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "резюме"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samenvatting"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "synopsis"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "uittreksel"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "excerpt"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "tiivistelmä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "summary",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "yhteenveto"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "résumé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "abrégé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Abriss"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "epitomḗ",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "összefoglalás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "kivonat"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "foglalat"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "lényeg"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gearrinsint"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compendio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sommario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sinossi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "epitome"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "epítome"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konspékt",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конспе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátkoje izložénije",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́ткое изложе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezjumɛ́",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "резюме́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "sinopsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "summary",
      "word": "epitom"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epítome"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "resumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinopsis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epitome"
}

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