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• concise — concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression. A person is concise who speaks or writes briefly ; a thing is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• concise — [kən sīs′] adj. [L concisus, cut off, brief, pp. of concidere, to cut off < com , intens. + caedere, to cut: see CIDE] brief and to the point; short and clear concisely adv. conciseness n. SYN. CONCISE implies the stating of much in few words …   English World dictionary

• concise — adjective Etymology: Latin concisus, from past participle of concidere to cut up, from com + caedere to cut, strike Date: circa 1590 marked by brevity of expression or statement ; free from all elaboration and superfluous detail < a concise… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• concise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. succinct, short, brief, terse, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, compact. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. succinct, brief, condensed, terse, pithy, laconic, compact, compressed, condensed,… …   English dictionary for students

• concise — concisely, adv. /keuhn suys /, adj. expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company s retirement plan. [1580 90; < L concisus cut short (ptp. of concidere) …   Universalium

• concise — con•cise [[t]kənˈsaɪs[/t]] adj. expressing much in few words; brief but comprehensive; succinct; terse • Etymology: 1580–90; < L concīsus cut short, orig. ptp. of concīdere to cut up con•cise′ly, adv. syn: concise, succinct, terse refer to… …   From formal English to slang

• summary — sum·ma·ry / sə mə rē/ adj: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; esp: used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenary sum·mar·i·ly /sə mer ə lē/ adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

• Summary — Sum ma*ry, a. [Cf. F. sommaire. See {Sum}.] 1. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, rapidly performed;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Concise — Con*cise , a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; used of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• concise — I adjective abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, brief, capsule, capsulized, compact, compacted, compendious, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, curtate, epigrammatic, epitomized, laconic, pithy, short, shortened, succinct, summarized,… …   Law dictionary

• summary — [sum′ə rē] adj. [ME < ML summarius < L summa,SUM] 1. that presents the substance or general idea in brief form; summarizing; concise; condensed 2. a) prompt and without formality; expeditious [summary punishment] b) hasty and arbitrary [a… …   English World dictionary