What does verbose mean?
Definitions for verbose
vərˈboʊsver·bose
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Princeton's WordNet
long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordyadjective
using or containing too many words
"long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
Wiktionary
verboseadjective
Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
Even the most jingoistic of native-speakers of Spanish admit their language is verbose; compared to what can be said in a sentence in English, it sometimes takes a paragraph of explanation in Spanish to say the same thing.
verboseadjective
Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
Etymology: From verbosus.
Wikipedia
Verbose
Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.
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verbose
Verbose refers to using or expressing in more words than are needed. It characterizes a style of writing or speaking that is overly wordy or prolonged.
Webster Dictionary
Verboseadjective
abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument
Etymology: [L. verbosus, from verbum a word. See Verb.]
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observe
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of verbose in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of verbose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- مطنبArabic
- verbósCatalan, Valencian
- wortreichGerman
- πολύλογοςGreek
- verbosoSpanish
- عمیقPersian
- monisanainenFinnish
- verbeuxFrench
- foclachIrish
- fecsegő, szószátyár, bőbeszédűHungarian
- penyedehanaan kataIndonesian
- prolisso, iperverboso, ridondante, verbosoItalian
- 冗長Japanese
- 자세한 정보Korean
- verbeusDutch
- verbosoPortuguese
- многословныйRussian
- mnogorječivo, govorljivoSerbo-Croatian
- verboseTamil
- ayrıntılı, detaylıTurkish
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