concise

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin concīsus (cut short), from concīdere (cut to pieces), from caedēre (to cut, to strike down).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kənˈsaɪs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Adjective

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concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)

  1. Brief, yet including all important information
    Synonyms: succinct, terse; see also Thesaurus:concise
    Antonym: verbose
  2. (obsolete) Physically short or truncated
    • 1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, page 56:
      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.

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Verb

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concise (third-person singular simple present concises, present participle concising, simple past and past participle concised)

  1. (India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

French

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concise

  1. feminine singular of concis

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃi.ze/
  • Rhymes: -ize
  • Hyphenation: con‧cì‧se

Adjective

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concise

  1. feminine plural of conciso

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Latin

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Participle

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concīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of concīsus

References

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  • 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.

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