digest
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digest
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Synonyms for digest
Synonyms: Noun
abstract, breviary, brief, capsule, conspectus, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé (or resume), roundup, run-through, rundown, sum, sum-up, summa, summarization, summary, summing-up, synopsis, wrap-up
Synonyms: Verb
assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type
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Examples of digest in a Sentence
Noun
a digest of the laws a digest of yesterday's departmental meetingVerb
He has trouble digesting certain foods. It will take me a while to digest this news.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Subscribe to the Globe’s free real estate newsletter — our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design — at pages.email.bostonglobe.com/AddressSignUp. — Boston.com Real Estate, "Recent home sales north of Boston (August 21)," 21 Aug. 2019 Your political digest Michael Hancock defeats Jamie Giellis, winning a third and final term. — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, "The Spot: What the heck does “local control” even mean?," 6 June 2019 Subscribe to the Globe’s free real estate newsletter — our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design — at pages.email.bostonglobe.com/AddressSignUp. — Boston.com Real Estate, "For $1.4 million, live in a R.I. mill where cornmeal, sermons were the daily grind," 26 July 2019 Subscribe to the Globe’s free real estate newsletter — our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design — at pages.email.bostonglobe.com/AddressSignUp. — Boston.com Real Estate, "For $1.4 million, live in a R.I. mill where cornmeal, sermons were the daily grind," 26 July 2019 The parasympathetic functions are often characterized as rest-and-digest. — Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, "Why do people faint?," 20 June 2019 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. — Catherine Kim, Vox, "Vox Sentences: “I’m with him”," 13 July 2019 Even while publishing monthly, the magazine resold its older content in annual digests and paperbacks, forcing kids to catch references made about the modern adult world and the adult world a decade or more before. — Peter Rubin, WIRED, "By Dying, MAD Gets Its Best Shot at a Second Life," 11 July 2019 Yet most email newsletter writers are not laboring over their weekly digests purely out of the goodness of their hearts. — Khe Hy, Quartz at Work, "Five “creator” apps that have captured Silicon Valley’s attention," 19 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
And some around the league are wondering how the locker room has digested their coach’s handling of the Antonio Brown saga. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Eye-Opening Weekend: Lamar Jackson, Sammy Watkins, Dak Prescott and the Pats Light It Up," 9 Sep. 2019 But the Trump administration walking away from a deal is a development that all parties are now hurrying to digest. — Washington Post, "AP Explains: How US-Taliban talks collapsed on Afghanistan," 8 Sep. 2019 But the Trump administration walking away from a deal is a development that all parties are now hurrying to digest. — Cara Anna, The Denver Post, "AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks," 8 Sep. 2019 Done correctly, the process should allow the active ingredients to evenly disperse in the beverage and absorb into the bloodstream much faster than if they're digested. — Kristine Owram, chicagotribune.com, "Scientists are racing to make pot like booze so you can drink it," 6 Sep. 2019 Leeches can go up to a year without eating, and blood meals can take months to digest. — oregonlive, "New species of bloodsucking leech with 3 jaws, 59 teeth found in Maryland," 2 Sep. 2019 Although this is not a particularly flattering metaphor, Nussbaum is like a ruminant, chewing and digesting her subject, when others are satisfied with gumming and gulping. — Peter Biskind, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Author Emily Nussbaum sees the big picture on the small screen," 29 Aug. 2019 Others have had emotional press conferences and the chance for fans to digest the news and prepare a suitable tribute and response. — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, "It was an ugly scene, but don't vilify all Colts fans for booing Andrew Luck's retirement," 26 Aug. 2019 Some kinds of foods also take longer to digest than others, like anything high in fiber or fat. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Is Late-Night Snacking Really So Wrong?," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'digest.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.