About The Word Concise
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Concise
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What's The Definition Of Concise?
[adj] expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Concise: aphoristic | apothegmatic | brief | compact | compendious | crisp | cryptic | curt | elliptic | elliptical | epigrammatic | laconic | pithy | sententious | succinct | summary | telegraphic | terse Related Terms | Find terms related to Concise: abbreviated | abridged | aposiopestic | brief | brusque | clipped | close | closemouthed | close-tongued | cogent | compact | compendious | compressed | condensed | contracted | crisp | curt | curtailed | curtal | curtate | cut | decurtate | direct | docked | dumb | economical of words | elliptic | epigrammatic | gnomic | indisposed to talk | instantaneous | laconic | little | low | mum | mute | pithy | pointed | pruned | quiet | reserved | sententious | short | short and sweet | shortened | silent | snug | sparing of words | Spartan | speechless | succinct | summary | synopsized | synoptic | taciturn | terse | tight | tight-lipped | to the point | tongue-tied | transient | trenchant | truncated | unloquacious | untalkative | word-bound | wordless See Also | taciturn Concise In Webster's Dictionary \Con*cise"\, a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of
concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin
to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
leaves somewhat to be understood. --B. Jonson.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
amplify a little. --I. Watts.
Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary;
succinct. See {Laconic}, and {Terse}.
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