digest
pronunciation
How to pronounce digest in British English:
UK [daɪˈdʒest , ˈdaɪdʒest]
How to pronounce digest in American English:
US [daɪˈdʒest , ˈdaɪdʒest]
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- Noun:
- a periodical that summarizes the news
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
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- Verb:
- convert food into absorbable substances
- arrange and integrate in the mind
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- become assimilated into the body
- systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
- soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
- make more concise
- soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
Word Origin
- digest
- digest: [15] English took the verb digest from dīgest-, the past participle of Latin dīgerere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dī- ‘apart’ and gerere ‘carry’, and originally meant ‘divide, distribute’ – a sense which developed via ‘dissolve’ into the specifically physiological ‘dissolve and obtain nutrients from food in the body’.A further semantic offshoot of ‘distribute’ was ‘orderly arrangement’, and in fact the earliest use of the word in English was as the noun digest ‘summary of information’ [14], from Latin dīgesta, the neuter plural of the past participle, literally ‘things arranged’.=> congest, gesture, ingest
- digest (n.)
- "collection of writing," late 14c., from Latin digesta, from neuter plural of digestus, literally "digested thing," noun use of past participle of digerere "to separate, divide, arrange," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + gerere "to carry" (see gest).
- digest (v.)
- "assimilate food in bowels," late 14c., from Latin digestus (see digest (n.)). Related: Digested; digesting.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Magic 's about understanding-and then manipulating-how viewers digest the sensory information .
- 2. Have proved powerful stimuli in reader 's digest advertising .
- 3. A hashing algorithm converts a message into a number called a hash value , or a digest .
- 4. You will eat more slowly and digest your food better overall .
- 5. Without water as a routine part of our intake , we cannot digest or absorb food .