Definitions for TERSE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 4 votes

1. crisp, curt, laconic, terseadjective

   brief and to the point; effectively cut short

   "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terseadjective

   Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.

2. terseadjective

   Brief, concise, to the point.

3. terseadjective

   Abruptly or brusquely short.

4. Etymology: From the year 1599, from ters, from tersus, perfect passive participle of tergo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Terseadjective

   Etymology: ters, Fr. tersus, Lat.

   1. Smooth.

   Many stones precious and vulgar, although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.

   2. Cleanly written; neat; elegant without pompousness.

   To raw numbers and unfinish’d verse,
   Sweet sound is added now to make it terse. Dryden.

   These accomplishments in the pulpit appear by a quaint, terse, florid style, rounded into periods without propriety or meaning. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

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1. terse

   Terse refers to something that is brief and to the point, often characterized by its simplicity and lack of unnecessary wordiness. It describes speech, writing, or a person's manner which is effectively concise and devoid of elaborate details.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Terse

   appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished

2. Terse

   refined; accomplished; -- said of persons

3. Terse

   elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Terse

   tėrs, adj. compact or concise, with smoothness or elegance: neat.—adv. Terse′ly.—ns. Terse′ness, conciseness, brevity; Ter′sion, act of wiping. [L. tersus—tergēre, tersum, to rub clean.]

Anagrams for TERSE »

1. ester

2. estre

3. reset

4. Reset

5. steer

6. stere

7. stree

8. trees

9. tsere

10. reest

How to pronounce TERSE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say TERSE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TERSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TERSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of TERSE in a Sentence

1. Bruce Williams:

   Your debt to the government has been repaid. Bruce had bragged to his grandfather about sending mail using an underpriced stamp. Grampa sent him a note with a stamp (8 cent if memory serves) with CANCELLED written on it in red pen and the terse note, Your debt to the government has been repaid. Williams said he never tried to underpay again (although he cerainly did bargain hard in many cases.

2. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic:

   It is impossible to determine how many refugees have already reached European shores and are somewhere between Greece and Germany, but camps throughout The Balkans, as well as Western Europe, are packed with refugees in increasingly tense situations. Related ImageExpand / ContractPolice in Macedonia hold back hordes of refugees hoping to pass through The Balkans en route to Western Europe. ( FoxNews.com) After Hungary took action, refugees streamed into Croatia from Serbia, prompting Croatia to close its border and trapping some 11,000 inside Serbia. Refugees were still working their way through Macedonia and into Serbia, where they remained stuck at the Hungarian border as Serbian and Hungarian officials traded terse statements. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic accused Hungarian police of lobbing tear gas across the border and urged European Union to condemn the brutal behavior of the Hungarian police to refugees and media workers. Serbia itself can protect its territory and national dignity, and, if necessary, from the European Union, we will protect the European values.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TERSE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Terse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TERSE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TERSE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TERSE