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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of précis.
Etymologies
- French, from Old French precis, condensed; see precise.
Examples
“I wonder whether GCSE English exam papers still have a 'precis' question.”
“In the gay season of 1866, Hardin, still bent on the golden quest in the hills, reads with some astonishment, the careful "precis" of his social spy.”
“Officers are also still have to submit full court files for preliminary court hearings and many have not learnt the art of "precis" when filling in forms, she said.”
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“There is a free-rider problem: Why spend time composing a precis or a panegyric when a potential buyer persuaded thereby to want the book will simply buy the cheaper copy offered by the next seller, who spent his time preparing as many bare-bones listings as he could.”
“In precis, it sounds like a great story, and a sufficiency of nominators must have seen its potential.”
“Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phrase-long, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.”
“Here's the Knowledge's 2007 precis of the story:The all-conquering, efficient Iceland a case of taking symbolism too literally meet bare-footed and mercurial Zaire in the World Cup final – and the evil Iceland manager plots the downfall of Zaire's star player, Odiwule, who can, apparently, bend the ball 90 degrees.”
The Guardian: The Knowledge | Who are the most successful fictional team ever?
“To precis, Salgado believes that Pepe is the wrong choice in midfield, especially with Ozil and Granero on the bench.”
The Guardian: Real Madrid v Barcelona – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
“We always hand prisoners over, but if we do lock up right on the bell, the handover package or precis as its sometimes called, can take well over an hour to complete.”
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“However, emboldened by the sucess of my precis, here goes.”
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
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luminous, radiant, malicious, zeal, ojalá, voluptuary, rubbish, purlicue, consarnit, upstart, precis, robinsonade and 66 more...
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