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con·cise·ness    Audio Help   [kuhn-sahys-nis] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the quality of being concise.

[Origin: 1650–60; concise + -ness]

terseness, pithiness. See brevity.
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con·cise    Audio Help   (kən-sīs')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.


[Latin concīsus, past participle of concīdere, to cut up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]

con·cise'ly adv., con·cise'ness n.
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conciseness

noun
terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words 

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conciseness

Economy in writing or speaking. “Bill loves to go to the movies because watching films is a real pleasure to him” is not as concise as “Bill loves to watch movies.” (Compare circumlocution.)


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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Conciseness

Con*cise"ness\, n. The quality of being concise.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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