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noun
The property of being concise; succinctness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: concision, brevity, succinctness, terseness, briefness, conciseness, laconicalness, laconicism, laconicity, laconism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: terseness
History
Etymology tree English concise Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English conciseness From concise + -ness.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
