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Words that have the plural spelled the same but pronounced differently



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precis PRONUNCIATION: plural precis (pray-SEEZ, PRAY-seez) (pray-SEE, PRAY-see)

MEANING: noun: A concise summary.

verb tr.: To make a concise summary.

ETYMOLOGY: From French précis (precise), from Latin praecisus (curtailed), past participle of praecidere (to shorten). Earliest documented use: 1760.

USAGE: "We'd end [the review] with a pithy precis of our thoughts on the novel."

Alex Preston; Gold by Chris Cleave; The Observer (London, UK); Jun 2, 2012.

See more usage examples of precis in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



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