Meaning of précis In English

• 0 a short form of a text that gives only the important parts:

  • You have all been given a précis of the report.

• 1 to make or give a précis:

  • If I may précis the president's words - "This country will never give in to terrorism."

  • One strategy for improving skills with documents is to précis a passage.

• 2 a short form of a text that gives only the important parts

• 3 a short piece of a writing that gives only the main facts or ideas about something:

  • The newspaper printed a subjective précis of the damning report.

• 4 to express the main facts or ideas about something in a short piece of writing:

  • Candidates were asked to précis the presentation, adding one or two suggestions of their own.