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 Definitions of brevity  [ˈbrɛv ɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'brevity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) brevity
shortness of time or duration; briefness.

2.  brevity
the quality of expressing much in few words.

Etymology:  (1500–10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See brief , -ity)

Definition of 'brevity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) brevity
the use of brief expressions

2. (noun) brevity, briefness, transience
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
Definition of 'brevity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) brevity
shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life

2. (noun) brevity
contraction into few words; conciseness
Translation of 'brevity' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: shortness (of speech, writing, time etc)
He is well known for the brevity of his speeches.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kortheid Arabic flag Arabic: إيجاز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: краткотрайност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: brevidade Czech flag Czech: stručnost, krátkost German flag German: die Kürze
Danish flag Danish: korthed Greek flag Greek: συντομία, βραχύτητα Spanish flag Spanish: brevedad, concisión
Estonian flag Estonian: lühidus Farsi flag Farsi: ایجاز Finnish flag Finnish: lyhyys
French flag French: concision Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹצֵר Hindi flag Hindi: संक्षिप्त
Croatian flag Croatian: sažetost Hungarian flag Hungarian: rövidség Indonesian flag Indonesian: keringkasan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stuttleiki, gagnorður stí Italian flag Italian: brevità, concisione Japanese flag Japanese: 簡潔さ
Korean flag Korean: 짧음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: trumpumas Latvian flag Latvian: īsums
Malay flag Malay: keringkasan ucapan Dutch flag Dutch: kortheid, bondigheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: kort(fattet)het
Polish flag Polish: krótkość, zwięzłość Persian flag Persian: ایجاز Pashto flag Pashto: د خبرو لنډوالی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: brevidade Romanian flag Romanian: concizie Russian flag Russian: краткость
Slovak flag Slovak: krátkosť, stručnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: kratkost Serbian flag Serbian: kratkoća
Swedish flag Swedish: korthet, koncishet Thai flag Thai: ความสั้น Turkish flag Turkish: kısalık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 簡短 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стислість Urdu flag Urdu: اجمال ، قلیل الفاظی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự ngắn gọn Chinese flag Chinese: 简短

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