concise
EN • English
//kənˈsaɪs//
Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Key Verb Forms & Inflections
Third-person singular (he/she/it):concises
Present Participle (-ing):concising
Past Participle:concised
Simple Past:concised
Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Brief, yet including all important information.
adjective
#2(obsolete) Physically short or truncated.
verb
#3(India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“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.”
— 1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, page 56:
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