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:
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.
You can précis much of what he is saying without losing the sense.
To précis the author's views: there is not enough aid, and what there is is spent inefficiently.