Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being concise; brevity in statement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being concise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
concise ,succinctness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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Examples
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Mauriac remains unequalled in conciseness and expressive force of language; his prose can in a few suggestive lines shed light on the most complex and difficult things.
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We often mistake talking for a long time with being persuasive, but if you’re in a debate or other situation where you need to persuade others of your point of view, conciseness is often a more worthy aim.
Don’t Argue For Longer Than A TV Ad | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Dar sees the influence of Levin the director on her work in the attribute of conciseness, that is, “the ability to create an [entire] atmosphere using one effect” (Haaretz, March 22, 1989).
Ruth Dar. 2009
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Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A suitably brief guide to conciseness
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This impossible task forces you to evaluate each word for conciseness and clarity.
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This is a triumph of conciseness, a 247-word beacon of brevity.
Ethan Rome: Size Matters: The GOP & Health Care Ethan Rome 2011
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This is a triumph of conciseness, a 247-word beacon of brevity.
Ethan Rome: Size Matters: The GOP & Health Care Ethan Rome 2011
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So is conciseness the sign of an efficient mind or a hasty mind?
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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This is a triumph of conciseness, a 247-word beacon of brevity.
Ethan Rome: Size Matters: The GOP & Health Care Ethan Rome 2011
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I think terms should seek to maximize communication and conciseness.
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