Concise Definition

kən-sīs
adjective
conciser, concisest
Brief and to the point; short and clear.
Webster's New World

Brief, yet including all important information.

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Other Word Forms of Concise

Adjective

Base Form:
concise
Comparative:
conciser
Superlative:
concisest

Origin of Concise

  • Latin concīsus past participle of concīdere to cut up com- intensive pref. com– caedere to cut kaə-id- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin concisus (“cut short”), from Latin concidere (“cut to pieces”), from caedere (“to cut, to strike down”).

    From Wiktionary

Concise Sentence Examples

  • His arguments were concise, simple, and clear.

  • His style is elevated and concise, but somewhat difficult.

  • Write the letter in a clear, concise style.

  • While Schiller's standpoint was too essentially that of his time to lay claim to finality, it is, on the whole, the most concise statement we possess of the literary theory which lay behind the classical literature of Germany.

  • As an introduction to the Sturlunga, he wrote a complete though concise history of the classic Northern literature and its sources.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

ESEISE

Unscrambles

concise

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With SE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With E