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

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