Definitions for concise
kənˈsaɪscon·cise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. conciseadjective

   expressing much in few words

   "a concise explanation"

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1. conciseadjective

   brief, yet including all important information

2. Etymology: From concisus, from concidere, from caedere.

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

1. CONCISEadjective

   Brief; short; broken into short periods.

   Etymology: concisus, cut, Latin.

   The concise stile, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. Ben Jonson, Discoveries.

   Where the author is obscure, enlighten him; where he is too brief and concise, amplify a little, and set his notions in a fairer view. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind, p. i. c. 4.

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1. Concise

   Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Conciseadjective

   expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking

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1. Concise

   Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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

1. Concise

   kon-sīs′, adj. cut short: brief.—v.t. (Milt.) to mutilate.—adv. Concise′ly.—ns. Concise′ness, the quality of being concise: terseness [Fr.,—L. concidĕre, concisum, from con, and cædĕre, to cut.]

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1. concise

   To use the required text, words and language that are accurate and specific.

   The unity government reports are concise, easy to read and understand and just a specific amount of accurate information so easily digestible.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 27, 2016  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of concise in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of concise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of concise in a Sentence

1. Aaron Ralph Thomas:

   When presenting on-camera, shorter messages tend to work best. One of the most powerful but overlooked tools for concise on-camera communication is the teleprompter. Teleprompters keep you on point and on message.

2. George Hobica:

   I get better responses quicker than by picking up the phone, it’s partly because you can use smiley faces and not be so angry, which comes out over the phone in your tone of voice. At 140 characters, you have to be more concise and to the point.

3. Mark Feldstein:

   I think this is the first big war in the digital age that has galvanized Americans' attention, and there's a quantum leap in the toys and tools journalists are using since the last big American war in 2003 in Iraq, but all of this sophisticated technology still relies on the basic journalistic values of accuracy, verification, and fairness. Journalists still gather news piece by piece, often through dogged shoe leather reporting, interviewing witnesses, sifting through information, questioning, it, testing it, authenticating it — and then summarizing, synthesizing and analyzing it all in a clear and concise way to keep the public informed.

4. John Mayer:

   Were going to the public with things like published research papers and having raised enough money to really build some pilot programs. We have some really great data and ... we want it to be working first so that a lot of the questions were answered before we brought things to people by way of awareness, i think it just makes it that much more compelling and much more concise to bring it to people with the message being, Hey, this is not taking something that is zero to try to get it to five. This is something that is at 50 and we want to get it to 100.

5. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker:

   Systemic policy reforms are necessary to support the efforts of our social workers, supervisors and managers who are on the front lines protecting the Commonwealth's children, reducing caseloads, retaining and recruiting social workers and ensuring clear and concise policies for supervision and case management are all necessary to ensuring the agency is able to focus on its primary duty of keeping children safe.

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