Synonyms for epitome

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-pit-uh-mee

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈpɪt ə mi

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Définition of epitome

Origin : 1520s, "an abstract; brief statement of the chief points of some writing," from Middle French épitomé (16c.), from Latin epitome "abridgment," from Greek epitome "abridgment," from epitemnein "cut short, abridge," from epi "into" (see epi-) + temnein "to cut" (see tome). Sense of "person or thing that typifies something" is first recorded c.1600.

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Example sentences :

"He does not love me and I do not deserve that he should," was her epitome of the situation.
Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King

Mrs. Delamere is doubtless an epitome of all the virtues, but I never heard of her.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

His judgment was an epitome of the scientific insight of the ages which culminated then.
Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin

Talking, rightly considered, is the expression and epitome of life itself.
Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke

So, is the USA the epitome of the civilization of illiteracy?
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

A concentrated, but full and powerful, epitome of his labours was the consequence.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

And he will from this epitome try to get a view of the real character of Nature.
Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband

This beer barrel is an epitome of all their conduct in their war with America.
Extract from : « A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. » by Benjamin Waterhouse

To meet him and his family on trek is to glimpse an epitome of his life.
Extract from : « Pan-Islam » by George Wyman Bury

Is the land's epitome, or you may call it the lesser isle of Great Britain.
Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle

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