concise

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kənˈsaɪs/

Definition of concise

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Brief, yet including all important information.
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adj

  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.”

verb

  1. (India, transitive)To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

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Etymology

From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

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