Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract.
- transitive verb To make a précis of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A concise statement; a summary; an abstract.
- noun The act or process of drawing up a précis or abstract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
concise orabridged statement orview . - verb to write a précis of a work; to
summarise ,abridge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a summary (of)
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Old French precis, condensed; see precise.]
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From French précis ("precise"), substantive use of the adjective.
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