précisn.

Brit.

/ˈpreɪsiː/, U.S.

/ˈpreɪsi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1700s– precis, 1700s– précis.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French précis.

Etymology: < French précis summary (1663 as pressis ), use as noun of précis precise adj.

A concise or abridged statement; an abstract, a summary; (also) the action or practice of writing this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement

abstract1436

titling1465

capitulation1523

aphorism1528

argument1535

table1560

analysis1588

the brief1601

abstractive1611

synopsis1611

method1614

synopsy1616

modela1626

scheme1652

syllabus1653

précis1760

summing up1795

aperçu1828

conspectus1839

vidimus1884

auto-abstract1892

standfirst1972

1760 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 29 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2362 I hope you have seen Voltaire's précis of it in verse.

1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 31 Take with you, if you please, this précis of its exploits: eleven hundred men, commanded by a soldier raised from the ranks, put to rout a select army of 6000 men, commanded by General Lake.

1870 M. A. Lower Hist. Sussex II. 90 The arguments are too lengthened for even a précis here.

1889 R. Hunter Encycl. Dict. V. 630/3 Precis... 2. The act or practice of drawing up such abstracts.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 22 June 456/2 The article is so compact as to read in parts almost like a précis.

1956 G. Gould Let. 27 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 3 This is a delayed precis which was requested by your office after our conversation held some weeks ago.

1985 GCSE National Criteria: French (Dept. of Educ. & Sci.) 5 The following techniques of assessment would be inappropriate..summary, precis.

2004 New Republic 2 Aug. 23/1 Shrum swung for the rhetorical fences, producing an elegant précis of 1970s bleeding heart liberalism.

Compounds

General attributive, as précis article, précis-writer, précis-writing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement > one who

abstractor1584

abstracter1678

précis-writer1796

1796 J. Exshaw Eng. Registry 88 Board of Works..Precis Writer, Charles Poole, esq.

1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 431 To transmit home an historical précis detail of the operations.

1880 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxx. 8 The references..may be cited as the very perfection of précis writing.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 1/3 The Society proposes to give information to all inquirers, to publish précis articles and leaflets [etc.].

1964 Current Anthropol. 5 357/1 I am not a professional Readers' Digest précis-writer.

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 Oct. 22/4 We would not reject the utility of précis-writing as part of current good practice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

précisv.

Brit.

/ˈpreɪsiː/, U.S.

/ˈpreɪsi/

Forms: 1800s– precis, 1800s– précis.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: précis n.

Etymology: < précis n.

transitive. To make a précis of (a longer text); to summarize.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)]

abrevya1325

comprehendc1369

abridgec1384

shorta1390

suma1398

abbreviate?a1475

shorten1530

to cut short?1542

curtail1553

to knit up1553

to wind up1583

clip1598

epitomize1599

brief1601

contract1604

to shut up1622

decurt1631

to sum up1642

breviate1663

curtilate1665

compendize1693

epitomate1702

to gather up1782

summarize1808

scissor1829

précis1856

to cut down1857

to boil down1880

synopsize1882

essence1888

résumé1888

short copy1891

bovrilize1900

pot1927

summate1951

capsulize1958

profile1970

1856 Ld. Canning Let. 2 Apr. in E. Fitzmaurice Life 2nd Earl Granville (1905) I. vii. 152 The lucid..way in which a heavy case is précis'd is admirable.

1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 3 181/1 The labour of..precising in a calendrical form such a vast chaos of documents may be readily imagined.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 July 18/4 The main work of the Canadian War Records, that of compiling and precising the all-important diaries and appendices.

1964 P. Mackesy War for Amer. ii. 60 The Ministerial viewpoint on the prospects offered by the advance from Canada is précised in CO 5/253.

1986 I. Banks Bridge i. ii. 32 All my original questions..will have been handed on, rephrased, précis'd, tidied-up, glossed, paraphrased and retransmitted.

Derivatives

ˈprécised adj. abridged; summarized.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > synoptical

synoptical1664

synoptic1764

capitulatory1768

précised1977

1977 C. Husband in H. Giles Lang., Ethnicity & Intergroup Relations ix. 223 Headlines, as precised news values, represent an expression of ‘constructed reality’.

2004 Business Day (South Africa) 23 Feb. 22 Whatever happened to the executive summary, the precised corporate profile, the telegram-style brief and the six-point memorandum?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	précis
释义	précisn. Brit. /ˈpreɪsiː/, U.S. /ˈpreɪsi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1700s– precis, 1700s– précis. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French précis. Etymology: < French précis summary (1663 as pressis ), use as noun of précis precise adj. A concise or abridged statement; an abstract, a summary; (also) the action or practice of writing this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement abstract1436 titling1465 capitulation1523 aphorism1528 argument1535 table1560 analysis1588 the brief1601 abstractive1611 synopsis1611 method1614 synopsy1616 modela1626 scheme1652 syllabus1653 précis1760 summing up1795 aperçu1828 conspectus1839 vidimus1884 auto-abstract1892 standfirst1972 1760 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 29 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2362 I hope you have seen Voltaire's précis of it in verse. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 31 Take with you, if you please, this précis of its exploits: eleven hundred men, commanded by a soldier raised from the ranks, put to rout a select army of 6000 men, commanded by General Lake. 1870 M. A. Lower Hist. Sussex II. 90 The arguments are too lengthened for even a précis here. 1889 R. Hunter Encycl. Dict. V. 630/3 Precis... 2. The act or practice of drawing up such abstracts. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 22 June 456/2 The article is so compact as to read in parts almost like a précis. 1956 G. Gould Let. 27 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 3 This is a delayed precis which was requested by your office after our conversation held some weeks ago. 1985 GCSE National Criteria: French (Dept. of Educ. & Sci.) 5 The following techniques of assessment would be inappropriate..summary, precis. 2004 New Republic 2 Aug. 23/1 Shrum swung for the rhetorical fences, producing an elegant précis of 1970s bleeding heart liberalism. Compounds General attributive, as précis article, précis-writer, précis-writing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement > one who abstractor1584 abstracter1678 précis-writer1796 1796 J. Exshaw Eng. Registry 88 Board of Works..Precis Writer, Charles Poole, esq. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 431 To transmit home an historical précis detail of the operations. 1880 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxx. 8 The references..may be cited as the very perfection of précis writing. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 1/3 The Society proposes to give information to all inquirers, to publish précis articles and leaflets [etc.]. 1964 Current Anthropol. 5 357/1 I am not a professional Readers' Digest précis-writer. 1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 Oct. 22/4 We would not reject the utility of précis-writing as part of current good practice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). précisv. Brit. /ˈpreɪsiː/, U.S. /ˈpreɪsi/ Forms: 1800s– precis, 1800s– précis. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: précis n. Etymology: < précis n. transitive. To make a précis of (a longer text); to summarize. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1856 Ld. Canning Let. 2 Apr. in E. Fitzmaurice Life 2nd Earl Granville (1905) I. vii. 152 The lucid..way in which a heavy case is précis'd is admirable. 1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 3 181/1 The labour of..precising in a calendrical form such a vast chaos of documents may be readily imagined. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 July 18/4 The main work of the Canadian War Records, that of compiling and precising the all-important diaries and appendices. 1964 P. Mackesy War for Amer. ii. 60 The Ministerial viewpoint on the prospects offered by the advance from Canada is précised in CO 5/253. 1986 I. Banks Bridge i. ii. 32 All my original questions..will have been handed on, rephrased, précis'd, tidied-up, glossed, paraphrased and retransmitted. Derivatives ˈprécised adj. abridged; summarized. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > synoptical synoptical1664 synoptic1764 capitulatory1768 précised1977 1977 C. Husband in H. Giles Lang., Ethnicity & Intergroup Relations ix. 223 Headlines, as precised news values, represent an expression of ‘constructed reality’. 2004 Business Day (South Africa) 23 Feb. 22 Whatever happened to the executive summary, the precised corporate profile, the telegram-style brief and the six-point memorandum? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760v.1856
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