SYNOPSIS


Meaning of SYNOPSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈnäp-səs ]

noun

( plural syn·op·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, comprehensive view, from synopsesthai to be going to see together, from syn- + opsesthai to be going to see — more at optic

Date: 1611

1. : a condensed statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise) : abstract

2. : the abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.