précis in English

noun

1

a summary or abstract of a text or speech.

synonyms: summary, synopsis, résumé, abstract, outline, summarization, summation, abridgment, digest, overview, epitome, wrap-up

verb

1

make a précis of (a text or speech).

noun

summary, synopsis, résumé, abstract, outline, summarization, summation, abridgment, digest, overview, epitome, wrap-up

verb

summarize, sum up, give a summary/précis of, give the main points of, abridge, condense, shorten, synopsize, abstract, outline, abbreviate, epitomize

noun

synopsis, abstract, outline

Use "précis" in a sentence

1. Voltaire, in his Précis du Siècle de Louis XV, admiringly wrote about the battle: "The principal weapon of the Corsicans was their courage.

2. In 1824, he published a Précis in which he detailed a decipherment of the hieroglyphic script demonstrating the values of its phonetic and ideographic signs.