Word meaning
concise
adjective · kun-SICE
What does concise mean?
Concise means giving a lot of information clearly and in few words.
Concise in a sentence
“Write a concise summary of no more than 100 words.”
Synonyms for concise
- brief
- succinct
- compact
How to remember concise
- Say it out loud a few times: kun-SICE.
- Write one sentence of your own using concise, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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