concise[adjective]Synonyms: brief, compendious, condensed, laconic, pithy, short, succinct, terse
Antonyms: redundant, verbose
Contrasted words: diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, voluble, wordy
Related Words: abridged,
compressed,
condensed,
marrowy,
meaty,
pithy,
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con‧cise /kənˈsaɪs/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: concisus, from the past participle of concidere 'to cut up', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + caedere 'to cut']
1. short, with no unnecessary words
Synonym : brief:
Your summary should be as clear and concise as possible.2. [only before noun] shorter than the original book on which something is based:
the ‘Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese’—concisely adverb—conciseness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲