digest
gb/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/ us/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
A2
Ingles
~ 4600
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
Pandiwa
A2
action
1
Break down food in the body
When your body changes food into substances it can use.
Padron ng paggamit:
to digest [food/drink]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'digest' with 'swallow', but 'digest' happens after swallowing inside the body.
Mga kasingkahulugan
metabolize (More technical; refers to all chemical processes in the body, not just breaking down food.)
Mga kasalungat
vomit (To eject food from the stomach instead of processing it.)
Mga kolokasyon
digest food
|digest a meal
|easily digest
Mga tema
health
|biology
|daily life
|body
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- It takes several hours to digest a large meal.
- Some people cannot digest dairy products easily.
- The human body digests proteins and carbohydrates differently.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- Your body digests bread quickly.
- I cannot digest milk well.
- The baby is learning to digest solid food.
Pandiwa
B1
action
2
Fully take in new information
To take time to understand new ideas or facts.
Padron ng paggamit:
to digest [information/news/idea]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse this with 'memorize', but 'digest' emphasizes understanding, not just remembering.
Mga kasingkahulugan
absorb (Focuses on taking in information, sometimes used figuratively.)
Mga kasalungat
ignore (To deliberately not think about or understand something.)
Mga kolokasyon
digest the news
|digest information
|digest the report
Mga tema
learning
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- I need time to digest this news.
- He is digesting the lesson slowly.
- Please digest the report before we talk.
Pangngalan
B1
entity
3
Summary collection of writings
A short version of a text or a group of short pieces of writing.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse this with 'directory' or 'catalog', but those list items without summarizing content.
Mga kasingkahulugan
summary (General term for a shorter version of something.)
Mga kasalungat
full text (The complete, unabridged version of something.)
Mga kolokasyon
monthly digest
|news digest
|readers' digest
Mga tema
media
|publishing
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- I read a weekly news digest.
- The book is a digest of many stories.
- This digest is easy to read.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
digest
IPA
GB/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
US/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst/
Mga pantig at diin
di - gest (2 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (di)
Mga anyo ng salita
Noun
- Base: digest
- Plural: digests
Verb
- Base: digest
- 3rd Person Singular: digests
- Present Participle: digesting
- Past: digested
Mga kaugnay na salita
Mga ekspresyon
digest information
1/dˈaɪd͡ʒɛst ˌɪnfɔɹmˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
Understand received information fully
To take time to understand information you have received.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- My grandmother has been subscribing to Readers' Digest for decades.
- Readers' Digest offers short, easy-to-read articles on many topics.