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to precis

to precis

1 8.0
To make a short summary of a text or speech
  • verb
  • /ˈpreɪsi/
: resumir
  • Students were asked to precis the article in fifty words or less.

Examples

  • She skillfully precised the main points of the presentation.

  • Can you precis the findings from the report?

  • Could you precis this report for the meeting?

  • Please precis this article for our meeting.

  • For her assignment, she had to precis the lengthy novel into a short summary.

  • The teacher asked the students to precis the lecture notes into clear bullet points.

  • Before the presentation, he needed to precis the research paper into a concise overview.

Synonyms

to sum up
vsto precis
164 3.3

Give the main points of a talk or text briefly

is used more broadly for quick or oral restatements
to summarize
vsto precis
  • US
87 3.0

Present the main points of a text in a short, clear way

focuses on making a concise written summary
to recap
vsto precis
42 3.4

To briefly repeat the main points

is used for brief repetition rather than formal condensation
to capsulize
vsto precis
  • US
1 8.2

To put ideas or information into a short summary

is the general act of making a summary not necessarily extremely brief
to digest
vsto precis
1 4.1

To make long information shorter by giving its main points

focuses on making a shorter version often for easier reading
to synopsize
vsto precis
1 6.4

To give a short summary of the main points

aims at making a compact summary rather than a general overview
to gloss
vsto precis
  • Specialized
1 5.8

To explain a word or phrase in a text

is limited to producing a pure summary rather than explanations or translations

Antonyms

to expand
35 3.5

To add more details to explain something better

to lengthen
30 2.4

Make something longer in size, distance, or time

How Concise

to precis
1 8.0
to abridge
1 6.7

Surface Forms

precis infinitive
precised past
precised past participle
precising present participle
precises third person singular

Etymology

Precis comes from an old Latin word praecisus, which means 'cut short', and is related to the English word precise. Think of making a precis as 'cutting' a long text down to its main points, which is why to precis something is to make a short summary.