précis
/ˈpɹeɪsi/
précis noun: a summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.
Noun
précis (plural précis)
- A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.
- I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter I, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC
- the computer is functioning, lights on it softly blinking as it produces on the screen beside it a series of graphs — ten years' worth of annual reports, a précis of Data General Corporation's financial history.1981, Tracy Kidder, chapter 1, in The Soul of a New Machine
- Synonyms:
- summary
Verb
précis (third-person singular simple present précises, present participle précising, simple past and past participle précised)
- to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge
- If the inital ^([sic]) passage consists of a series of paragraphs, each with a one-sentence summary, the individual's success in managing to précis the essential content of the message can then be assessed1983, Philip Priestley, James McGuire, Learning to Help: Basic Skills Excercises, →ISBN, Counseling, page 71
- Nevertheless, to be required to précis say 5000 words on a single sheet of A4 has the advantage of simplicity, even if it isn’t easy.1996, Richard Palmer, “Creative Doodling: Note-taking for fun and profit”, in Brain train: studying for success, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 124
précis meaning in Malayalam
précis in Malayalam
- synopsis, summary, resume
- ചുരുക്കം, സംക്ഷേപം, സംഗ്രഹം, സാരസംഗ്രഹം, കഥാസംക്ഷേപം, നിബന്ധം
- sum up, summarize, give a summary of
- ചുരുക്കിയെഴുതുക, സംഗ്രഹിക്കുക, സംക്ഷേപിക്കുക, സംക്ഷേപിച്ചു പറയുക, സംക്ഷിപ്തമായി പറയുക, ആശയം സംഗ്രഹിക്കുക
Examples of précis in a sentence
- I was sometimes mildly reprimanded during English lessons at school for making my précis too short[...]2023, John Gribbin, Impossible, Possible, and Improbable, →ISBN:
- We think it is vital to learn how to précis, and to improve this skill with regular practice.2005, Mike Cardwell, Cara Flanagan, Psychology AS: The Complete Companion, Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, Module 2: Developmental psychology...
Synonyms of précis
Forms of précis
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | précis |
| alternative form | precis |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | précises |
| present participle | précising |
| past participle | précised |
| past | précised |
Origin of précis
Borrowed from French précis (“summary”), from a substantive use of its adjectival sense "precise". Doublet of precise.
Words that rhyme with précis
1 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about précis
- What does précis mean?
- Précis means a summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.
- What is précis in Malayalam?
- Précis in Malayalam is ചുരുക്കം, സംക്ഷേപം, സംഗ്രഹം. See Précis meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use précis in a sentence?
- I was sometimes mildly reprimanded during English lessons at school for making my précis too short[...]
- What part of speech is précis?
- Précis can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce précis?
- Précis is pronounced /ˈpɹeɪsi/.
- What is the plural of précis?
- The plural of précis is précis.
Words near précis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: précis (page history and authors); précis (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precis.wav.
Cite this entry: “précis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pr%C3%A9cis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.