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Definitions: Epitome |
EpitomeNoun1. A standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father". 2. A brief abstract (as of an article or book). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "epitome" was first used: 1529. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A concise summary of a document. Source: European Union. (references) |
Information | A shortened version of a work, retaining the essential character and theme of the original. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EpitomeSynonyms: image (n), paradigm (n), prototype (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compendium | Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus. |
Adverb: in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words. | |
Conciseness | Noun: conciseness; Adjective: brevity, " the soul of wit", laconism; Tacitus; ellipsis; syncope; abridgment; (shortening); compression; epitome; monostich; brunch word, portmanteau word. |
Littleness | Noun: littleness; Adjective: smallness; (of quantity); exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness. |
Shortness | Shortening; Verb: abbreviation, abbreviature; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation; reduction; (contraction); epitome; (compendium). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Epitome |
| English words defined with "epitome": Abstract of title ♦ Compend, Comprisal ♦ Epitomes, Epitomist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "epitome": Zimri. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Epitome" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (epitome), Latin (abridgement, summary). |
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Tongue Twisters | The epitome of femininity. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The epitome of Holland.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Epitome of Holland.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | McIntyre and Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners and customs. |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Some American fast-food chains are seen as the symbolic epitome of this threat. (references) | |
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Laura Schlessinger | Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing. It's against the order of things and ultimately we feel that the epitome of compassion and caretaking and responsibility. |
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| "Epitome" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epitome" is used about 184 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 184 | 22,714 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "epitome": be epitome of smth. ♦ in epitome. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epitome | 29 |
epitome sex | 2 |
contratos de epitome los | 2 |
epitome night club | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "epitome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mishërim (embodiment, impersonation, incarnation, objectification, personation, personification, picture), konspekt (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, conspectus, note, scheme, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثال (copy, example, exemplar, ideal, image, model, paradigm, pattern, picture, quintessence, specimen, symbol, type), صورة مصغرة عن, خلاصة (abstract, docket, essence, extract, extraction, gist, outline, pith, precis, quintessence, recap, recapitulation, resume, substance, summary, summation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | резюме (abridgement, abstract, analysis, argument, capsule, conspectus, digest, memorandum, precis, recap, recapitulation, round up, run down, summary, synopsis), конспект (abstract, conspectus, examination paper, interrogatory, precis, questionary, questionnaire, summary), въплъщение (avatar, impersonation, incarnation, personation, personification, picture), образец (copy, example, exemplar, form, ideal, mirror, model, mould, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, piece, sample, sampling, scantling, shape, specimen, swatch, type). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 象征 (Emblemed, Embleming, Epitomes, symbolise, symbolising, symbolize, Symbolized, symbolizing, token). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztìlesnìní (embodiment, impersonation, incarnation, quintessence), výtažek (essence, extract), prototyp (prototype). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | epitom, forkortet udgave af dokument (abridged document, abridgement), forkortet dokument (abridged document, abridgement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epitome, verkorte versie (abridged document, abridgement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مختصر (Compendium, Concise, Little, Short, Succinct, Sum, Summary, Synopsis, Terse), خلاصه رءوس مطالب (Precis), خلاصه (Abstract, Compendium, Condensation, Digest, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summary, Summation, Synopsis, Upshot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epitomi (abridged document, abridgement), lyhennelmä (abridged document, abridged version, abridgement, abstract, brief version, condensed version, summary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | exemple, résumé, modèle, document abrégé, abrégé, épitomé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Inhaltsangabe (precis, summary), Auszug (abridgment, abstract, departure, elixir, excerpt, exodus, extension, extract, move, procession, provision for retired farmers, pull, pullout, recession, retirement, settlement on retirement, summary, syllabus, walkout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτομή (abridged document, abridgement, abstract, compendium, condensation, digest, overview). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תמצית (abstract, decoction, digest, essence, gist, heart, marrow, outline, pith, quintessence, sap, summary, syllabus, synopsis), "ו'מ" מושלמת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rövid tartalom, kivonatos mű, kivonat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, digest, educt, essence, excerpt, extract, extraction), összegezés (summing up, synopses, synopsis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ringkasan (compendium, precis, summary, synopsis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epitome (abridged document, abridgement), compendio (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, excerpt, extract, outline, overview, short, summary, syllabus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 要略 (outline, summary), 梗概 (outline, summary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うがい (deploration, disclosure, off grounds, off-campus, out of school, out of the pit, outline, outside a port or harbor, outside the premises, outskirts, palate, patriotic lamentation, pollution, pollution or environmental damage due to mining, public nuisance, reveal, righteous indignation, suburb, summary), ようりゃく (outline, summary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aagherrid (abbreviation, short cut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epitomeay epítome (abridgment, precis, summary, synopsis). (various references) sumar (abstract, compendious, concise, docket, hasty, resume, sketchy, summarily, summary), rezumat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, compendium, conclusion, digest, docket, recapitulation, resume, sketch, summary, synopsis). (various references) конспект (compendium, conspectus, recapitulation, scheme, summary, syllabus, synopsis, workbook). (various references) sažet prikaz, ovaploćenje (incarnation). (various references) epítome (abridgment, compendium, summary). (various references) sammandrag (abridged version, abridgement, abridgment, abstract, brief, brief version, collective statements, condensed version, digest, precis, summary, synopsis). (various references) somut örnek (embodiment), simge (attribute, emblem, embodiment, ensign, exemplar, image, representation, sign, specimen, symbol, token, type), özet (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, compress, condensation, conspectus, digest, extract, gist, outline, precis, resume, roundup, short, sum, summary, summation, synopsis), öz (compact, compendious, content, core, cream, distillate, distillation, elixir, entity, essence, essential oil, extract, extraction, full, genuine, gist, goodness, guts, heartbeat, kernel, marrow, matter, meat, medulla, nucleus, own, pith, pith and marrow, pulp, quick, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, stuff, substance, substantiality, substratum, sum, whole). (various references) резюме (abstract, boildown, breviate, brief, capsule, compendium, digest, recap, recapitulation, resume, summary, synopsis), конспект (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, conspectus, outline, precis, recap, recapitulation, scheme, summary, syllabus, workbook), виписка (abstract). (various references) bản toát yếu hình ảnh thu nhỏ, bản tóm tắt (brief), bản cô lại. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | epitome. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adbreviationem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epitome": epitomes. (additional references) | |
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"Epitome" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: editome, epidome, epifone, episomal, episome, epistomal, epitame, epiteme, epitomee, epitomi, epitomie, epitomy, epitone, epitonme, epitope, epizone, eptitome, Peasholme, pitome. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "epitome" (pronounced upi"tumē) |
| 4 | -t u m ē | anatomy, appendectomy, dichotomy, hysterectomies, hysterectomy, keratotomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, prostatectomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy. |
| 3 | -u m ē | academy, alchemy, anomie, Archenemy, astronomy, autonomy, blasphemy, economy, enemy, gastronomy, infamy, monogamy, polygamy, sesame, sodomy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: metope, optime. | |
-2 letters: emote, tempi, tempo, topee. | |
-3 letters: emit, item, meet, mete, mite, mope, mote, omit, poem, poet, pome, teem, temp, time, tome, tope, topi. | |
-4 letters: eme, imp, met, mop, mot, ope, opt, pee, pet, pie, pit, poi, pom, pot, tee, tie, tip, toe, tom, top. | |
-5 letters: em, et, it, me, mi, mo, oe, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: epistome, epitomes. | |
+2 letters: epistomes, epitomise, epitomize, exemption, impotence, peristome, temporise, temporize. | |
+3 letters: completive, epitomised, epitomises, epitomized, epitomizes, exemptions, idempotent, impotences, incomplete, mouthpiece, periosteum, peristomes, peritoneum, permeation, piezometer, preemption, premeiotic, premoisten, redemption, reimported, spirometer, temporised, temporises, temporized, temporizer, temporizes, thermopile. | |
+4 letters: competitive, computerise, computerize, despoilment, epithelioma, extemporise, extemporize, hemipterous, hemopoietic, hemoprotein, idempotents, imperforate, impersonate, implementor, impotencies, improvement, incompetent, madreporite, metanephroi, misreported, mouthpieces, mucopeptide, omnipotence, omnipresent, optometries, peritoneums, permeations, piezometers, piezometric, polarimeter, predominate, preemptions, premoistens, prenominate, pyrometries, redemptions, spirometers, temporalize, temporaries, temporizers, thermophile, thermopiles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 74 6F 6D 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01110100 01101111 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i t o m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0074 006F 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39827586817971 |
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