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Dictionary: com·pen·di·ous   (kəm-pĕn'dē-əs) pronunciation
adj.
Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct.

[Middle English, from Late Latin compendiōsus, from Latin compendium, a shortening. See compendium.]

compendiously com·pen'di·ous·ly adv.

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adjective

    Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, concise, laconic, lean, short, succinct, summary, terse. See big/small/amount, style/good style/bad style, words.

Antonyms: compendious
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adj

Definition: abridged
Antonyms: enlarged, lengthened, unabridged


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: briefly giving the gist of something
  Synonyms: compact, succinct, summary


Translations: Compendious
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kortfattet

Nederlands (Dutch)
bondig

Français (French)
adj. - succinct

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kurz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίτομος, συνοπτικός

Italiano (Italian)
conciso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - conciso

Русский (Russian)
конспективный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - compendioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kort och koncis

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
扼要的, 简明的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 扼要的, 簡明的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간결한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 簡明な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جامع بايجاز, شامل باختصار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר, תמציתי‬


 
 
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