Crossword clues for concise
concise
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
leaves somewhat to be understood.
--B. Jonson.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
amplify a little.
--I. Watts.
Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Latin concisus "cut off, brief," past participle of concidere "to cut off, cut up, cut through, cut to pieces," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + caedere "to cut" (see -cide). Related: Concisely.
Wiktionary
a. brief, yet including all important information
WordNet
adj. expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" [ant: prolix]
Wikipedia
Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Usage examples of "concise".
What Lord George Bentinck appreciated most in a parliamentary speaker was brilliancy: quickness of perception, promptness of repartee, clear and concise argument, a fresh and felicitous quotation, wit and picture, and, if necessary, a passionate appeal that should never pass the line of high-bred sentiment.
Tyrold entreated him to be concise, and insisted upon the extremest forbearance and fortitude in his little audience.
The most concise and satisfactory confirmation came from the Flintshire Hotel, who remembered Fairfax and had a record of his having stayed there that night under the name of Fortescue.
The backyard, as concise as the house, is enclosed by a scrim of privet hedge and monopolized by flowerbeds: peonies in late, tempestuous bloom, trellised veils of clematis and rugosa roses, gladiolas hinting at the colors sheathed in their spearlike buds.
Hence in the pages following, the instruments peculiar to each epoch will receive the attention their importance deserves, which is considerably more than that usually allotted them in concise accounts of the history of this art.
Little had changed in a very long time, and now Lee stared at the familiar lines, had listened to Gordons plan, a concise and eloquent presentation.
Collis Raeburn, who had been rapidly attaining international superstardom, had been reduced by the State Morgue to a case number and a concise recital of facts.
Accordingly a meeting was held, consisting of about forty of the most respectable booksellers of London, when it was agreed that an elegant and uniform edition of The English Poets should be immediately printed, with a concise account of the life of each authour, by Dr.
She was very good at putting together evidence into a clear, concise case report.
She was used to writing up concise, objective reports, to giving testimony, to making her cases.
Elements of this explanation by Ofshe were spliced together, to make a more concise statement, in the filmParadise Lost, later released by HBO.
Her greatest strength, beyond writing clear, concise, literate Englishan attainment abandoned by most of her fellow reporters as an impossible goalwas an unerring ability to expose frauds.
There was a broad table that would do as a writing, desk Craig set a pile of blank Typer bond paper in the centre of it with a brick as a paper-weight, his Concise Oxford Dictionary beside that and said aloud: "Back in business.
The Jig's verbal report was surprisingly orderly and concise for someone who had narrowly escaped death and still had ripening bruises on his face.
He tweaked Brett Chase himself, a concise little threat--a _Hush-Hush_ exposé on his queerness.