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English Dictionary: synopsis	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
synopsis n a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory Synonym(s): outline, synopsis, abstract, precis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synopsis \Synop"sis\, n.; pl. {Synopses}. [L., from Gr. [?]; sy`n with, together + [?] a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis* of this epistle. --Bp. Warburton. Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See {Abridgment}.