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What is "compendious" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does compendious mean in English? Meaning of compendious definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "compendious" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "compendious": briefly giving the gist of something

Adjective

  • Meaning: briefly giving the gist of something
  • Example: a short and compendious book a compact style is brief and pithy succinct comparisons a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
  • Synonyms: compact compendious succinct summary
  • Similar: concise
  • Adjective: containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarizedbriefly describing a body of knowledge

    • Synonyms:

    brief, close, compact, comprehensive, concise, condensed, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summary, abbreviated, breviloquent, compendiary, contracted, summarized, synoptic,

    Antonyms:

    enlarged, unabridged, lengthened,

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    compendious in English: compendious
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