gist

IPA: dʒˈɪst

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
(countable, law, dated) The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
(uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
(obsolete) A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest.
(medicine) Initialism of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

(transitive) To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.
(intransitive, Nigeria) To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

Examples of "gist" in Sentences

That's the gist of the proposal.
That was the gist of the article.
That's the gist of the challenge.
The gist of the problem is volume.
That is the gist of the controversy
That's the gist of the new sentence.
I was losing the gist of the proposal.
The article misunderstand the gist of the debate.
The gist of it is that the usage of the term varies.
That is the gist of the discussion, and the basis for the close.
With the iPad app, the gist is the same -- free music based on your tastes.
I very strongly doubt I quoted him 100 per cent correctly, but the gist is there.
The gist is that Microsoft purchased a start up company that specializes in motion control.
To be fair, the main gist of the matter was how to learn to become a best-selling author and, to be candid, make money.
Substitute that loaded word "poor" and add something of your own choosing because all the characters in Darkmans are rich in many other ways but the gist is the same.
The letter will have full details but basically the gist is that there ` ll be a per Gigabyte overage charge dependent on plan with a maximum charge, for example here ` s the residential packages and overages,