"conciseness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈsaɪsnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conciseness.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: concise + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|concise|ness}} concise + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} conciseness (uncountable)
  1. The property of being concise; succinctness. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: concision, brevity, succinctness, terseness Translations (property of being concise): краткост (kratkost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), стегнатост (stegnatost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), concisió [feminine] (Catalan), stručnost [feminine] (Czech), koncizeco (Esperanto), concision [feminine] (French), concisión [feminine] (Galician), Bündigkeit [feminine] (German), Gedrängtheit [feminine, figuratively] (German), Knappheit [feminine] (German), Kürze [feminine] (German), Prägnanz [feminine] (German), λακωνικότητα (lakonikótita) [feminine] (Greek), achomaireacht [feminine] (Irish), concisione [feminine] (Italian), stringatezza [feminine] (Italian), concision [feminine] (Occitan), кра́ткость (krátkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), concisión [feminine] (Spanish), mucezlik [obsolete, possibly] (Turkish), özlülük (Turkish), сти́слість (stýslistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-conciseness-en-noun-Ng~92oDH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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