concise
verbEtymology From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).
1
India To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
concise
adj/kənˈsaɪs/
Etymology From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).
1
Brief, yet including all important information.
2
Obsolete Physically short or truncated.
- 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.1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, page 56:
- Synonyms
- brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-winded, succinct, tight, to the point, taut, terse
- Antonyms
- verbose
- Derived terms
- concisely, conciseness, concision, unconcise
- Related terms
- taciturn, succinctness