US /kənˈsaɪs/
adj Freq #32692

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    expressing much in few words

    A concise explanation.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms conciseness
Derived forms conciselyconcisenessconcisionunconcise
Related forms succinctnesstaciturnconcisely

Etymology

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

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