Concise

//kənˈsaɪs// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1
To make concise; to abridge or summarize. India, transitive

Adjective

1
Brief, yet including all important information.
2
Physically short or truncated. obsolete
"This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet."

Adjective

1
expressing much in few words wordnet

Synonyms

brief compendious epigrammatic laconic sententious succinct

Antonyms

bombastic dreich fustian sesquipedalian

Example

"I find words with concise definitions to be the easiest to remember."

Etymology

From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

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