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precis

noun as in summary

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And earlier that day, the 43-year-old had earned the précis, breaking up a skirmish by the Staten Island Ferry.

There follows a précis of their conversation, to save you the emotional and intellectual distress of actually watching.

Singing School is so lean and mean, any précis calls for a spoiler alert.

Write a précis of each Letter, received or sent, in chronological order.

Apparently he had given her a précis of his life's history amazingly on the lines of a concentrated military despatch.

This catalogue (nearly 600 pages) is a marvellous précis of the works of the human spirit.

The foregoing pages have given it as it were in précis, rather than in any fuller fashion.

The above is a condensed précis of all that was said in the Constitutional Convention on this vital matter.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to précis, such as: abstract, digest, outline, synopsis, compendium, and sketch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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