precis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

The precis of her life and adventures lasted no more than half an hour: all that mattered was there, but the smaller details were absent. — The Gay Adventure: A Romance, Richard Bird
Who is she?” Then Torpenhow told a tale in plain words, as a special correspondent who knows how to make a verbal precis should tell it. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
As it was, his precis had left her a little vague; but she said it was perfectly splendid, and he said did she really think so. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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