verbose
pronunciation
How to pronounce verbose in British English:
UK [vɜ:ˈbəʊs]
How to pronounce verbose in American English:
US [vɜrˈboʊs]
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- Adjective:
- using or containing too many words
Word Origin
- verbose (adj.)
- "wordy," 1670s, from Latin verbosus "full of words, wordy," from verbum "word" (see verb). Related: Verbosely (c. 1400); verboseness.
Example
- 1. Rejected : an overly verbose manuscript by gertrude stein
- 2. This is not an app for the verbose .
- 3. Java syntax can be verbose .
- 4. Many developers who find static languages too verbose often blame static typing for the verbosity when the real problem is a lack of type inference .
- 5. Verbose presentations and lengthy explanations will not impress investors , and most likely will turn them off .