单词	conciseness
释义	concisecon‧cise /kənˈsaɪs/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINconcise Origin: 1500-1600 Latin concisus, from the past participle of concidere ‘to cut up’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + caedere ‘to cut’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Make sure that your answers are as clear and concise as possible. Saussure expressed his arguments in a concise and logical way. Sergeant Hanks gave us concise, sensible instructions. The instruction manual is written in clear, concise English. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A concise way of illustrating it is to consider two questions. Cooley has such concise summaries for several authors. Even in so concise a document, ambiguity creeps in: everybody is to be allowed the right to self-defense. Show them how to be concise when they may have only minutes or even seconds to put over their viewpoint. These are mostly fairly straight forward with clear and concise instructions for jellies, jams, dumplings and suchlike. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen something you say or write is short► short a short piece of writing or speech does not have many pages or words: · Graham made a short speech of thanks after the ceremony.· a book of short stories· The chapters are really short, so I read a couple every night.· We had a short pep talk from the coach before the game.· Please write a short paragraph explaining your reasons for applying to this college. ► brief a brief note, description, remark etc uses very few words and gives very few details: · The book begins with a brief outline of the history of modern China.· We just have to write a very brief piece on what we did in the vacation.· There was a brief note with the flowers. ► concise short and clear, and with no unnecessary words: · Saussure expressed his arguments in a concise and logical way.· Sergeant Hanks gave us concise, sensible instructions.clear and concise: · Make sure that your answers are as clear and concise as possible. ► succinct formal expressing something well but with very few words: · The new labelling is more succinct and advises consumers simply that oat bran may help prevent heart disease. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► clear and concise  Your summary should be as clear and concise as possible. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · If definitions are used carefully, they can help the drafter produce a more concise document.· Without question, no one delivered a more concise and well-delivered message than you.· Making more concise notes and separating them from the author's comments and observations would have been beneficial. 1short, with no unnecessary words SYN  brief:  Your summary should be as clear and concise as possible.2[only before noun] shorter than the original book on which something is based:  the ‘Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese’—concisely adverb—conciseness noun [uncountable]
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