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précising

précising is the present participle and gerund of précis.

Meaning of précis

Verb

précis (third-person singular simple present précises, present participle précising, simple past and past participle précised)

  1. 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

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Questions about précising

What is précising the present participle and gerund of?
Précising is the present participle and gerund of précis.

Words near précising in the dictionary

  1. précieuse
  2. précieuses
  3. précis
  4. précised
  5. précises
  6. précising
  7. Prévost
  8. Prévostian
  9. prêt-à-porter
  10. Príncipe
  11. Prācrits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: précising (page history and authors); précis (page history and authors). 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.

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