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précis

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pré·cis  (prs, pr-s)
n. pl. pré·cis (prsz, pr-sz)
A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract.
tr.v. précised, précis·ing, précis·es
To make a précis of.

[French, from Old French precis, condensed; see precise.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
précis
noun
summary, résumé, outline, abstract, sketch, digest, rundown, condensation, compendium, synopsis, aperçu (French), abridgment a nine-page précis of the manuscript
verb
summarize, outline, abstract, sum up, shorten, compress, condense, abridge a cleverly precised distillation of everything he had written
Translations
précis [ˈpreɪsiː]
A. N (précis (pl)) → resumen m
B. VThacer un resumen de, resumir

précis [ˈpreɪsiː ˈpreɪsiːz] [précis] (pl) nprécis m

précis
nZusammenfassung f; (Sch) → Inhaltsangabe f

précis [ˈpreɪsiː] n (précis (pl)) → riassunto
précis [ˈpreɪsiː] n (précis (pl)) → riassunto

précis
n précis [ˈpreisiː, (American also ) preiˈsi:]
a summary of a piece of writing. opsomming مُلَخَّص، تَلْخيص резюме souhrn sammendrag; resumé die Zusammenfassung περίληψη resumen kokkuvõte خلاصه tiivistelmä résumé पसंक्षेप, सार sažeti (tartalmi) kivonat ikhtisar útdráttur, ágrip riassunto 要約 요약 santrauka kopsavilkums; konspekts ringkasan karangan samenvatting resymé, sammendrag streszczenie resumo конспект súhrn izvleček sažetak sammandrag, resumé บทคัดย่อ özet 概要 короткий виклад, конспект لب لباب، خلاصہ bản tóm tắt


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