digest
digest Lexical Profile
digest Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To break down food in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
"Wait at least an hour after a heavy meal to allow your stomach time to digest the food properly."
To understand or assimilate new information, ideas, or experiences by taking time to reflect on them.
"It took the committee several days to fully digest the implications of the new regulatory report."
To arrange or summarize a large body of information or law into a systematic, convenient form.
"The legal scholars worked for years to digest the scattered statutes into a single coherent code."
• noun
A compilation or summary of written information, news, laws, or literary works, arranged systematically or condensed for easy reading.
"Every morning, she reads a brief email digest of the most important global financial news."
A substance or mixture produced by decomposing organic material using heat, chemicals, or enzymes.
"The laboratory technicians analyzed the protein digest using mass spectrometry."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Digest' is a heteronym whose pronunciation shifts with its part of speech: as a verb, the stress falls on the second syllable (di-JEST or dye-JEST), whereas as a noun, the stress falls on the first syllable (DYE-jest).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Latin 'digestus', the past participle of 'digerere' ('to separate, divide, arrange, or dissolve'), formed from 'dis-' ('apart') and 'gerere' ('to carry').