concise
(adjective) expressing much in few words; “a concise explanation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)
brief, yet including all important information
• succinct
• terse
• See also concise
• verbose
concise (third-person singular simple present concises, present participle concising, simple past and past participle concised)
(India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cise", a. Etym: [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v.t.; cf. F. concis.]
Definition: Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted;
– used of style in writing or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson. Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts.
Syn.
– Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
