adjective

concise

concise, brief, succinct

Your summary should be concise.

Your summary should be concise.

He gave a concise explanation.

He gave a concise explanation.

((sth.)) giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words A concise summary is better.

Synonyms: brief, succinct, terse; Antonyms: verbose, wordy, lengthy

From Latin 'con-' (together) and 'caedere' (to cut). The idea is 'to cut down' words.

Think of 'cutting' (-cise) words 'together' (con-) to make a point short and clear.

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