digest
gb/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/ us/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 4600
Maana
maana 0
Kitenzi
A2
action
1
Break down food in the body
When your body changes food into substances it can use.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to digest [food/drink]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'digest' with 'swallow', but 'digest' happens after swallowing inside the body.
Visawe
metabolize (More technical; refers to all chemical processes in the body, not just breaking down food.)
Vinyume
vomit (To eject food from the stomach instead of processing it.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
digest food
|digest a meal
|easily digest
Mada
health
|biology
|daily life
|body
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- It takes several hours to digest a large meal.
- Some people cannot digest dairy products easily.
- The human body digests proteins and carbohydrates differently.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- Your body digests bread quickly.
- I cannot digest milk well.
- The baby is learning to digest solid food.
Kitenzi
B1
action
2
Fully take in new information
To take time to understand new ideas or facts.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to digest [information/news/idea]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may confuse this with 'memorize', but 'digest' emphasizes understanding, not just remembering.
Visawe
absorb (Focuses on taking in information, sometimes used figuratively.)
Vinyume
ignore (To deliberately not think about or understand something.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
digest the news
|digest information
|digest the report
Mada
learning
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I need time to digest this news.
- He is digesting the lesson slowly.
- Please digest the report before we talk.
Nomino
B1
entity
3
Summary collection of writings
A short version of a text or a group of short pieces of writing.
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may confuse this with 'directory' or 'catalog', but those list items without summarizing content.
Visawe
summary (General term for a shorter version of something.)
Vinyume
full text (The complete, unabridged version of something.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
monthly digest
|news digest
|readers' digest
Mada
media
|publishing
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I read a weekly news digest.
- The book is a digest of many stories.
- This digest is easy to read.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
digest
IPA
GB/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
US/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
Silabi na mkazo
di - gest (silabi 2)
Stress on 1st syllable (di)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: digest
- Plural: digests
Verb
- Base: digest
- 3rd Person Singular: digests
- Present Participle: digesting
- Past: digested
Familia ya neno
Semi
digest information
1/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst ˌɪnfɔɹmˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
Understand received information fully
To take time to understand information you have received.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- My grandmother has been subscribing to Readers' Digest for decades.
- Readers' Digest offers short, easy-to-read articles on many topics.