✂️ Concise: Short And To The Point
CONCISE most nearly means: A) verbose; B) convoluted; C) ornate; D) succinct. Answer inside. 👉️
If a statement or writing is concise, then it is "short and to the point," as my students parrot back to me. "Haste makes waste" is one of my favorite examples for a concise bit of advice. Way more condensed than, You know, if you go too fast doing something, you may mess up, and have to do it all over again, and in the end, spend way more time doing it than you would have if you'd just been a little more careful in the first place."
📚️ Definition of Concise
Concise (adjective): Marked by brevity; expressing a lot of information clearly in few words, without unnecessary detail. Example: a concise summary.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Concise
IPA: /kənˈsaɪs/ (See IPA key)
Phonetic: kuhn-SISE (rhymes with precise)
📰 Examples of Concise
Here are some examples of the word concise:
Jenna tends to be concise in her speech, often replying with a simple yes or no.
The English Lit professor used Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as example of masterfully concise rhetoric; at 271 words, it took less than two minutes to deliver and is now considered historically significant.
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.” — William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style (1918)
🗣️ Common Collocations of Concise
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
clear and concise
a concise summary
a concise explanation
a concise overview
keep it concise
Quiz answer: D, succinct.
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