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Verb: précis  'prey-see or prey'see
  1. Make a summary (of)
    "The student précised the long article for her assignment";
    - gist
Noun: précis (précis)  'prey-see or prey'see
  1. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
    "The researcher prepared a précis of her findings for the conference";
    - outline, synopsis, abstract, rundown

Derived forms: précised, précising, précis, précises

Type of: run over, sum up, summarise [Brit], summarize, summary, sum-up, wrap-up

Encyclopedia: Précis