conspectus

American  

[kuhn-spek-tuhs] / kənˈspɛk təs /

noun

plural

conspectuses

1. a general or comprehensive view; survey.

2. a digest; summary; résumé.

   Synonyms:

   epitome, abstract, brief, compendium

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conspectus British  

/ kənˈspɛktəs /

noun

1. an overall view; survey

2. a summary; résumé

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Etymology

Origin of conspectus

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

Example Sentences

Its conspectus of ceramics is quite good, but it's weaker in furniture.

From Time Magazine Archive

In terms of sheer quality, this show can claim to be the greatest conspectus of Chinese art ever held in America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Theirs is a reflective hanging, full of aesthetic surprises, and the most sensible way to make the best of an incomplete conspectus that is, nevertheless, well sprinkled with masterpieces.

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The conspectus of styles, manners and approaches in the show is somewhat muffled by the lack of key paintings by fundamental masters of realism like Courbet or Honore Daumier.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result would amount to an ordinary volume, presenting a conspectus of historical literature, and enumerating all the better books, the newly acquired sources, and the last discoveries.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron