concise

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CONCISECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂eyd-#CONCISE

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CONCISE concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)Category:English lemmas#CONCISECategory:English adjectives#CONCISECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONCISECategory:Pages with entries#CONCISECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONCISE

  1. Brief, yet including all important information.
    Synonyms: succinct, terse; see also Thesaurus:concise
    Antonym: verbose
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CONCISE) 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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Derived terms

Translations

Verb

concise (third-person singular simple present concises, present participle concising, simple past and past participle concised)Category:English lemmas#CONCISECategory:English verbs#CONCISECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONCISECategory:Pages with entries#CONCISECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONCISE

  1. (IndiaCategory:Indian English#CONCISE, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CONCISE) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

conciseCategory:French non-lemma forms#CONCISECategory:French adjective forms#CONCISECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONCISECategory:Pages with entries#CONCISECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONCISE

  1. feminine singular of concis

Italian

Pronunciation

Adjective

conciseCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CONCISECategory:Italian adjective forms#CONCISECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CONCISECategory:Pages with entries#CONCISECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONCISE

  1. feminine plural of conciso

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

concīseCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CONCISECategory:Latin participle forms#CONCISECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CONCISECategory:Pages with entries#CONCISECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONCISE

  1. vocative masculine singular of concīsus

References

  • “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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