The student did not understand every detail of the information, but he got the gist of it.
Gist is the correct spelling of the word."Jist" is a very common misspelling of it.An example sentence is: "He was beginning to get the gist of it now".
The g in Gist is a soft g so Gist is pronounced --- jist
Perhaps 'gist'? As in, "to get the gist of something"?
The gist of something means: a general idea of its essential contents, the main substance of what has been written or main theme of written writes. So if you 'get the gist' of something, you have grasped the main point(s). "Just give me the gist' means "I don't want all the details, just give me a (very!)
Gist means to the substance or essence of a speech or text.
Can you give me the gist of the movie you watched last night?
"Thereof" is another (more formal) way of saying "of it". While you CAN'T say: "I'm sick thereof" You CAN say: "I don't want to discuss this issue or anything related thereof". not a perfect example, but you get the gist of it. (if you were wondering how to use the word "gist", the sentence above is a perfect example).
Gist is the correct spelling of the word."Jist" is a very common misspelling of it.An example sentence is: "He was beginning to get the gist of it now".
Gist is a noun.
Amanda Gist's birth name is Amanda Mary Gist.
Hannah Gist's birth name is Hannah Nicole Gist.
Jessica Gist's birth name is Jessica Taylor Gist.
Robert Gist's birth name is Robert Marion Gist.
A parenthetical element in a sentence is a non-essential phrase that is sometimes set off by a comma. It is called non-essential because, if you removed it from the sentence, the gist of the sentence would remain the same.
Mordecai Gist died in 1792.
Mordecai Gist was born in 1743.
Amanda Gist is 5' 8".