Usage of "precis" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Catalan

A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.

Usage of precis in English

The following precis, though imperfect, will give some idea of the correspondence: 
 Hard Cash 

You may have heard of them but here is a precis. 
 The Irish Times 

In any case the precis begins with these illuminating sentences: 
 The Fight for the Republic in China 

In precis, they make more mistakes if they get very cold, or very hot. 
 The Guardian 

It is known by a variety of terms-summingup, resume, epitome, review, precis, condensation. 
 Public Speaking 

Ultimately it is irreducible to precis or paraphrase. 
 The Guardian 

Now, sir, here is a precis of evidence, nearly complete, written out clearly by Sergeant Coombes. 
 Dope 

The precis begins in a curious way. 
 The Fight for the Republic in China 

Here's a quick precis, with no spoilers. 
 The Guardian 

I just wish I knew which ones they were. Which, unfortunately, was a perfect precis of the situation. 
 Cities in Flight 

Cain gives an interesting precis of how our view of one another has changed since the early 1900s. 
 The Guardian 

Joshua had finished reading the precis. 
 A Canticle For Leibowitz 

However, there should also be a precis or interpretation, written for the people and designed to capture the imagination. 
 The Guardian 

The article did not commend itself to him, save as the means of making a precis of the case. 
 The Secret Passage 

The shootout was low on quality and heavy on nerves, which was a neat precis of what had gone before. 
 The Guardian 

First a quick precis. 
 The Irish Times 

precis

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Portuguese

Catalan

Precis through the time

Meanings of precis in English