précis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Quotations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Related terms

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• precis

[edit] Etymology

French, substantive use of the adjective précis, precise

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• IPA: /ˈpreɪsiː/, SAMPA: /"preIsi:/, SAMPA: /"prAysAyieusEe:/

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précis (plural précis)

1. A concise or abridged statement or view.

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• abridgment
• abstract
• résumé
• summary

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"...the computer is functioning, lights on it softly blinking as it produces on the screen beside it a series of graphs — ten years' worth of annual reports, a précis of Data General Corporation's financial history." — Tracy Kidder, The Soul of a New Machine, 1981, ch. 1

"I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests. I remember her bringing me up to a truculent and red-faced old gentlemen covered all over with orders and ribbons, and hissing into my ear, in a tragic whisper which must have been perfectly audible to everybody in the room, the most astounding detils.-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890, ch. 1

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[edit] Etymology

Late Latin precisus, Latin præcisus (“‘cut off’”), past participle of præcidere (“‘shorten’”). Cidere, "to cut", from an Indo-European root *(s)k(h)a-, "to strike".

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• IPA: /presi/

[edit] Adjective

précis m. (f. précise, m. plural précis, f. plural précises)

1. Which does not leave doubt; specific, explicit.
2. Done in a precise and reliable fashion.
3. (sound) Well perceived; sharp.
4. (Of language or writing) Demonstrating precision, concision and accuracy.
5. Said of someone whose language express such qualities.
6. (measure) Calculated or measured with precision.

[edit] Related terms

• précisément
• préciser
• précision