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Precis   /prˈeɪsˌi/   Listen
Precis

noun
1.
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.  Synonyms: abstract, outline, synopsis.





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"Precis" Quotes from Famous Books



... lovers of the wisdom of India, who never enter a Christian Church except as sightseers, will revel in parts of John's gospel which mean nothing to a pious matter-of-fact Bradford manufacturer. Every reader takes from the Bible what he can get. In submitting a precis of the gospel narratives I have not implied any estimate either of their credibility or of their truth. I have simply informed him or reminded him, as the case may be, of what those narratives tell us ...
— Preface to Androcles and the Lion - On the Prospects of Christianity • George Bernard Shaw


Words linked to "Precis" :   summarize, summary, apercu, epitome, sum up, resume, summarise, brief, sum-up


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