digest
gb/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/ us/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
A2
Anglais
~ 4600
Sens
0 sens
Verbe
A2
action
1
Break down food in the body
When your body changes food into substances it can use.
Schéma d’usage :
to digest [food/drink]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse 'digest' with 'swallow', but 'digest' happens after swallowing inside the body.
Synonymes
metabolize (More technical; refers to all chemical processes in the body, not just breaking down food.)
Antonymes
vomit (To eject food from the stomach instead of processing it.)
Collocations
digest food
|digest a meal
|easily digest
Thèmes
health
|biology
|daily life
|body
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- It takes several hours to digest a large meal.
- Some people cannot digest dairy products easily.
- The human body digests proteins and carbohydrates differently.
Exemples pédagogiques
- Your body digests bread quickly.
- I cannot digest milk well.
- The baby is learning to digest solid food.
Verbe
B1
action
2
Fully take in new information
To take time to understand new ideas or facts.
Schéma d’usage :
to digest [information/news/idea]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may confuse this with 'memorize', but 'digest' emphasizes understanding, not just remembering.
Synonymes
absorb (Focuses on taking in information, sometimes used figuratively.)
Antonymes
ignore (To deliberately not think about or understand something.)
Collocations
digest the news
|digest information
|digest the report
Thèmes
learning
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- She needed time to digest the news of her promotion.
- It was hard to digest all the facts presented in the meeting.
- He paused to digest what she had just said.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I need time to digest this news.
- He is digesting the lesson slowly.
- Please digest the report before we talk.
Nom
B1
entity
3
Summary collection of writings
A short version of a text or a group of short pieces of writing.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may confuse this with 'directory' or 'catalog', but those list items without summarizing content.
Synonymes
summary (General term for a shorter version of something.)
Antonymes
full text (The complete, unabridged version of something.)
Collocations
monthly digest
|news digest
|readers' digest
Thèmes
media
|publishing
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- The magazine publishes a monthly digest of top stories.
- I read a digest of the research findings.
- This news digest covers the main events of the week.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I read a weekly news digest.
- The book is a digest of many stories.
- This digest is easy to read.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
digest
API
GB/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
US/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
Syllabes et accentuation
di - gest (2 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (di)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: digest
- Plural: digests
Verb
- Base: digest
- 3rd Person Singular: digests
- Present Participle: digesting
- Past: digested
Famille de mots
Expressions
digest information
1/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst ˌɪnfɔɹmˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
Understand received information fully
To take time to understand information you have received.
Exemples
- He needed a few minutes to digest the information before responding.
- Digesting all this information will take some time.
readers' digest
1/ɹˈidɚz dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
fixed phrase
Popular magazine of condensed writings
A well-known magazine with short versions of articles and stories.
Exemples
- My grandmother has been subscribing to Readers' Digest for decades.
- Readers' Digest offers short, easy-to-read articles on many topics.