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concise
- /kənˈsaɪs/
Rhymes with -aɪs
Where it comes from
From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).
adjective more concise · most concise
- Brief, yet including all important information.
- Physically short or truncated. 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.
Similar: brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-winded, succinct, tight, to the point, taut, terse · Opposite: verbose
verb concises · concising · concised
- To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: succinct, laconic, pithy, summary, terse, sententious, curt, compendious, apothegmatic, epigrammatic, aphoristic, brief, compact, telegraphic, elliptical, elliptic
Translations
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adj brief and precise
| Español | conciso, breve, sucinto, escueto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 簡潔な kanketsu na, 手短な temijika na |
| 中文 | 簡明 /简明 jiǎnmíng |
| हिन्दी | संक्षिप्त saṅkṣipt |
| Português | conciso, sucinto |
| Français | concis |
| Deutsch | kurz, prägnant, knapp, konzis, bündig, gedrängt |
| Italiano | conciso |
| Ελληνικά | σύντομος sýntomos, περιεκτικός periektikós, συνοπτικός synoptikós, λακωνικός lakonikós |
| Русский | кра́ткий krátkij, лакони́чный lakoníčnyj, сжа́тый sžátyj |
| العربية | وَجِيز wajīz, مُوجَز mūjaz |
| עברית | תַּמְצִיתִי tamtsití |
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