conciseness
pronunciation
How to pronounce conciseness in British English:
UK [kən'saɪsnɪs]
How to pronounce conciseness in American English:
US [kənˈsaɪznɪs]
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- Noun:
- terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
Word Origin
- conciseness (n.)
- "expression of much in few words," 1650s, from concise + -ness. [Conciseness] is the English word familiar to the ordinary man: concision is the LITERARY CRITIC'S WORD, more recent in English, used by writers under French influence & often requiring the reader to stop & think whether he knows its meaning. [Fowler]
Example
- 1. He also had a mania for conciseness .
- 2. She tries to maintain conciseness of her message .
- 3. The translation of scientific japanese should be exact , conciseness , scientific and aesthetic , which are the foundamental principles of scientific translations .
- 4. I was about to loose conciseness , but when I saw damian approaching us .
- 5. As with sections of the bible , the conciseness makes them seem more profound .