EPITOME
\ɪpˈɪtəmˌɪ], \ɪpˈɪtəmˌɪ], \ɪ_p_ˈɪ_t_ə_m_ˌɪ]\
Definitions of EPITOME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a standard or typical example; "he is the protoof good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
By Princeton University
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A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
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A compact or condensed representation of anything.
By Oddity Software
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A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
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A compact or condensed representation of anything.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Greek] A brief summary; abridgment; compendium; abstract; synopsis.
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