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concise(dictionary)

concise (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: concisus, from the past participle of concidere 'to cut up', from com- ( COM-) + caedere 'to cut']
short, with no unnecessary words
-synonym brief brief
::Your summary should be as clear and concise as possible.
[only before noun] shorter than the original book on which something is based
::the Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese
-- concisely adv
-- conciseness n [U]