precis

• Rhymes: -eɪsi

precis (plural precis or preces or precises)

1. Alternative spelling of précis

precis (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. Alternative form of précis

• Cripes, Persic, Prices, Sierpc, Spicer, crepis, cripes, prices, spicer

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.kis/, [ˈprɛkɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.t͡ʃis/, [ˈprɛːt͡ʃis]

precis

1. genitive singular of prex

Borrowed from French précis.

• IPA^(key): /preˈt͡ʃis/

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precis m or n (feminine singular precisă, masculine plural preciși, feminine and neuter plural precise)

1. precise, accurate, exact

precis

1. precisely, accurately, exactly

• exact
• definit

From French précis, from Latin praecīsus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of praecīdō.

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈsiːs/

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precis (comparative precisare, superlative precisast)

1. precise, made with great precision

• precist

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈsiːs/, /prɛˈsɪs/

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precis (not comparable)

1. precisely; exactly
2. (focus) precisely; Used to provide emphasis
3. just; by a narrow margin
4. just; moments ago
5. just; perfectly

• (by a narrow margin): just
• (perfectly): just

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