conspectus

[ kuhn-spek-tuhs ]

noun

, plural con·spec·tus·es.

1. a general or comprehensive view; survey.
2. a digest; summary; résumé.

   Synonyms: epitome, abstract, brief, compendium

conspectus

/ kənˈspɛktəs /

noun

1. an overall view; survey
2. a summary; résumé

Word History and Origins

Origin of conspectus¹

1830–40; < Latin: survey, view, act of seeing, equivalent to conspec-, variant stem of conspicere to see, catch sight of ( con- con- + -spicere, combining form of specere to look) + -tus suffix of v. action

Word History and Origins

Origin of conspectus¹

C19: from Latin: a viewing, from conspicere to observe, from specere to look

Example Sentences

It gives an ever-growing conspectus of the animate and the inanimate world.”

From New York Times

Let us attempt some rough conspectus, which may show something of the relation in which central and peripheral vision stand to each other.

From Project Gutenberg

No other document is so valuable for a complete conspectus of Jefferson's mind and theories at that time.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate we owe to his industry a unique conspectus of the literary history of the Arabs to the end of the fourth century after the Flight.

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Often shown as Spice Russet, flatter and irregular: Vide conspectus.

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