Sentence example with the word 'precis'

precis

abbreviation, abstract, compend, conspectus, elision, head, recap, review, skeleton, survey, telescoping

Definition n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Last update: October 12, 2015


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The Annales des travaux publics (1843), the Bulletin de l'industrie (1842), the Journal des beaux-arts (1858), and the Catholic Precis historiques (1852), the Protestant Chretien belge (1850), are other examples.   [Please select]

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, 61, 82, 109 Precis, 104 Proctotrypidae, 66 Pro-legs, 4, 58-9, 84, 114 Pro-nymph, 118, 119 Protective coloration, 60-1 _Psylliodes chrysocephala_, 54 Ptinidae, 54 Pupa, 4, 37, 40, 79-88, 114, 117 Puparium, 88 Pupipara, 91 _Pyrameis cardui_, 96 Rat-tailed maggot, 76 RĂ©aumur, R.   [Please select]

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Gloria and I went over and sat at the table, and seeing me in a state to understand things Monty gave me a precis of the situation.   [Please select]

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He called it masterly; he said that in its presentations it was irrefutable; as a precis of evidence purely circumstantial it was--useful and interesting.   [Please select]

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