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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Having short clauses or sentences, often separated with commas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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adj
brief or concise; punchy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Borrowed from Late Latin commaticus, from Ancient Greek κομματικός (kommatikós). See comma.
