The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 Dictionary Definition: Concise \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.
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The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
leaves somewhat to be understood. --B. Jonson.
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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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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 Dictionary Definition: 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
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) Dictionary Definition: CONCISE
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WordNet (r) 2.0 Dictionary Definition: concise
adj : expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" [ant:
{prolix}]
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