digest
gb/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/ us/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
A2
Angielski
~ 4600
Znaczenia
0 znaczeń
Czasownik
A2
action
1
Break down food in the body
When your body changes food into substances it can use.
Schemat użycia:
to digest [food/drink]
Częsty błąd:
Learners sometimes confuse 'digest' with 'swallow', but 'digest' happens after swallowing inside the body.
Synonimy
metabolize (More technical; refers to all chemical processes in the body, not just breaking down food.)
Antonimy
vomit (To eject food from the stomach instead of processing it.)
Kolokacje
digest food
|digest a meal
|easily digest
Tematy
health
|biology
|daily life
|body
|core_vocabulary
Przykłady
- It takes several hours to digest a large meal.
- Some people cannot digest dairy products easily.
- The human body digests proteins and carbohydrates differently.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- Your body digests bread quickly.
- I cannot digest milk well.
- The baby is learning to digest solid food.
Czasownik
B1
action
2
Fully take in new information
To take time to understand new ideas or facts.
Schemat użycia:
to digest [information/news/idea]
Częsty błąd:
Learners may confuse this with 'memorize', but 'digest' emphasizes understanding, not just remembering.
Synonimy
absorb (Focuses on taking in information, sometimes used figuratively.)
Antonimy
ignore (To deliberately not think about or understand something.)
Kolokacje
digest the news
|digest information
|digest the report
Tematy
learning
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- I need time to digest this news.
- He is digesting the lesson slowly.
- Please digest the report before we talk.
Rzeczownik
B1
entity
3
Summary collection of writings
A short version of a text or a group of short pieces of writing.
Częsty błąd:
Learners may confuse this with 'directory' or 'catalog', but those list items without summarizing content.
Synonimy
summary (General term for a shorter version of something.)
Antonimy
full text (The complete, unabridged version of something.)
Kolokacje
monthly digest
|news digest
|readers' digest
Tematy
media
|publishing
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- I read a weekly news digest.
- The book is a digest of many stories.
- This digest is easy to read.
Gramatyka
Forma słownikowa
digest
IPA
GB/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
US/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
Sylaby i akcent
di - gest (2 sylaby)
Stress on 1st syllable (di)
Formy wyrazu
Noun
- Base: digest
- Plural: digests
Verb
- Base: digest
- 3rd Person Singular: digests
- Present Participle: digesting
- Past: digested
Rodzina wyrazów
Wyrażenia
digest information
1/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst ˌɪnfɔɹmˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
Understand received information fully
To take time to understand information you have received.
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady
- My grandmother has been subscribing to Readers' Digest for decades.
- Readers' Digest offers short, easy-to-read articles on many topics.