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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract.
  2. v. To make a précis of.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A concise statement; a summary; an abstract.
  2. n. The act or process of drawing up a précis or abstract.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A concise or abridged statement or view.
  2. v. to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make a summary (of)
  2. n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Etymologies

  1. From French précis ("precise"), substantive use of the adjective. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Old French precis, condensed; see precise. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. abstract
  1. summary
  1. résumé
  1. abridgment

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  1. resume
  1. summarise
  1. sum up
  1. summarize

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