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

There's literally hundreds of hours to choose from, but for a conspectus of Barenboim the pianist and conductor over the more than 60 years that he's been performing in public, here's my wee selection: First up, there's the all-star Schubert session that capped the fame of Barenboim, Jacqueline du Pré, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, and Zubin Mehta when it was made in 1969.

From The Guardian

It is impracticable to cite all the details of this extraordinarily detailed law, but the provisions summarized afford a remarkable conspectus of German practice on business questions possibly arising between author and publisher, useful in relation to American and English practice.

From Project Gutenberg

His ‘Conspectus,’ a work of some extent, has already been crowned by the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Bunkum, which includes, as you know, the chief thinkers of the New World and it will probably be printed entire in their ‘Transactions’ one day.

From Project Gutenberg

A conspectus of illustrative flood stories from different parts of the world would throw great light on the problems before us; see the article Cosmogony, especially for the North American tales, which show clearly enough that the deluge is properly a second creation, and that the serpent is as truly connected with the second chaos as with the first.

From Project Gutenberg