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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
concise \concise"\, 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.
1913 webster
the concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
leaves somewhat to be understood. --b. jonson.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
laconic terse
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
concise
adj : expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" ant:
prolix
see also:
prolix
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 moby thesaurus words for "concise":
spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brusque,
clipped, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, 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,
speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn,
terse, tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, transient,
trenchant, truncated, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound,
wordless
- [4] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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