précis[noun]Synonyms:- summary, abridgment, outline, résumé, synopsis
[verb]Synonyms:- summarize, abridge, outline, shorten, sum up
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pré‧cis /ˈpreɪsiː $ preɪˈsiː/
noun (
plural précis /-siːz $ -ˈsiːz/)
[countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: précis; ⇒ precise]
especially British English a statement which gives the main idea of a piece of writing, speech etc
Synonym : summary, abstract American English:
a précis of the report—précis verb [transitive] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲