conspectus

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noun

A detailed survey or overview of a subject.

OriginLatin cōnspectus →
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Meanings

nounconspectus (plural conspectuses)

plural conspectuses

  1. A detailed survey or overview of a subject.

    Already the whole of his past life had vividly presented itself to him—myriads of tiny incidents, long forgotten, now standing out sharply in their due sequence. He had mastered this conspectus in a flash of time, and was already tired of it.

    1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter XIX, in Zuleika Dobson

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latincōnspectus“survey”
  2. Englishconspectus

From Latin cōnspectus (“survey”).

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conspectus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspectus

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“conspectus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspectus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conspectus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspectus.

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