conciseness

English

Etymology

From concise +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsaɪsnəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

conciseness (uncountable)

1. The property of being concise; succinctness.

   Synonyms: concision; brevity, succinctness, terseness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness

   • 1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 231:

     I shall endeavour to keep it with as much conciseness as possible.

Translations

property of being concise

Bulgarian: краткост (bg) f (kratkost), стегнатост (bg) f (stegnatost) Catalan: concisió f Czech: stručnost f Esperanto: koncizeco French: concision (fr) f Galician: concisión (gl) f German: Bündigkeit f, Gedrängtheit f (figurative), Knappheit (de) f, Kürze (de) f, Prägnanz f Greek: λακωνικότητα (el) f (lakonikótita) Irish: achomaireacht f Italian: concisione (it) f, stringatezza (it) f Occitan: concision f Russian: кра́ткость (ru) f (krátkostʹ) Spanish: concisión (es) f Turkish: mucezlik (obsolescent), özlülük Ukrainian: сти́слість f (stýslistʹ)