concise
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin concisus (“cut short”), from Latin concidere (“cut to pieces”), from caedere (“to cut, to strike down”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)
- brief, yet including all important information
Synonyms[edit]
- succinct
- See also Thesaurus:concise
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
brief and precise
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Verb[edit]
concise (third-person singular simple present concises, present participle concising, simple past and past participle concised)
- (India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
concise
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
concīse
References[edit]
- concise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- concise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Categories:
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English verbs
- Indian English
- English transitive verbs
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin participle forms
