précis

pré·cis

 (prā′sē, prā-sē′)

n. pl. pré·cis (prā′sēz, prā-sēz′)

A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract.

tr.v. précised, précis·ing, précis·es

To make a précis of.

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[French, from Old French precis, condensed; see precise.]

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precis

(ˈpreɪsiː) or

précis

n, pl precis or précis (ˈpreɪsiːz)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a summary of the essentials of a text; abstract

vb

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (tr) to make a precis of

[C18: from French: precise]

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pré•cis

(preɪˈsi, ˈpreɪ si)

n., pl. -cis (-ˈsiz, -siz)

v. -cised, -cis•ing. n.

1. a concise summary.

v.t.

2. to make a précis of.

[1750–60; < French, n. use of adj., literally, cut short. See precise]

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precis

Past participle: precised
Gerund: precising

Imperative

precis

precis

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precis

Past participle: précised
Gerund: précising

Imperative

precis

precis

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	precis - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory synopsis, abstract, outline summary, sum-up - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" brief - a condensed written summary or abstract apercu - a short synopsis epitome - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
Verb	1.	precis - make a summary (of) sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

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précis

noun

1. summary, résumé, outline, abstract, sketch, digest, rundown, condensation, compendium, synopsis, aperçu (French), abridgment a nine-page précis of the manuscript

verb

1. summarize, outline, abstract, sum up, shorten, compress, condense, abridge a cleverly precised distillation of everything he had written

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Translations

مُلَخَّص، تَلْخيص

souhrn

resumésammendrag

Zusammenfassung

résumé

compendiofare il sommarioriassumereriassuntosommario

özet

概要

précis

[ˈpreɪsiː]

A. N (précis (pl)) → resumen m

B. VT → hacer un resumen de, resumir

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précis

[ˈpreɪsiː ˈpreɪsiːz] [précis] (pl) n → précis m

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précis

n → Zusammenfassung f; (Sch) → Inhaltsangabe f

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précis

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

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précis

(ˈpreisiː) , ((American also) preiˈsi:) noun – plural ˈprécis (-z) –

a summary of a piece of writing. opsomming مُلَخَّص، تَلْخيص резюме resumo souhrn die Zusammenfassung sammendrag; resumé περίληψηresumen kokkuvõte خلاصه tiivistelmä résumé पसंक्षेप, सार sažeti (tartalmi) kivonat ikhtisar útdráttur, ágrip riassunto 要約 요약 santrauka kopsavilkums; konspekts ringkasan karangan samenvattingresymé, sammendragstreszczenie لڼډيز resumo конспект súhrn izvleček sažetak sammandrag, resumé บทคัดย่อ özet 概要 короткий виклад, конспект لب لباب، خلاصہ bản tóm tắt 概要

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