Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precis
1 sense of precis
Sense 1
outline, synopsis, abstract, precis -- (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)
=> summary, sum-up -- (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb precis
1 sense of precis
Sense 1
precis -- (make a summary (of))
=> sum up, summarize, summarise, resume -- (give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize")