concision
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Definition of concision
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Synonyms & Antonyms for concision
Synonyms
brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, crispness, pithiness, sententiousness, succinctness, terseness
Antonyms
diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness
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Examples of concision in a Sentence
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The intimacy carries over to the small-combo songs, jewels of melody and concision brimming with emotional gut punches. — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Greg Kot picks his top 10 albums of the year so far," 26 June 2019 For the past several years, Chicago singer-pianist Patricia Barber has been honing a song cycle of remarkable concision and expressive power. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Reviews: Patricia Barber explores 'Higher' at Green Mill; premieres from Grant Park Orchestra," 16 June 2019 For production duties, she's enlisted a grab bag of producers, but even Mirwais, who helped keep her career going on Music and Confessions on a Dancefloor, can’t rekindle any of those albums’ sense of fun or poppy concision. — Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: Madonna's Cringe-Worthy 'Madame X'," 14 June 2019 Smith manages to pack so much story and layer such rich characters into this generous but disciplined narrative because of his rare gift for poetic concision. — Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, "An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading," 8 June 2019 Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot Photo: Amazon/Everett Collection Those two sentences suggest the filmmaker’s gift for concision, and not just in dialogue, though many passages evoke worlds in a few pungent words. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Cold War’ Review: Love Under Siege," 20 Dec. 2018 These conversations have been edited for clarity and concision. — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, "Campaigns Are Like Marathons—It’s Better to Run One With a Friend," 18 Sep. 2018 Drawing from modernists such as Igor Stravinsky, Mr. Knussen developed a highly individual style that seemed to emphasize concision above all else. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, "Oliver Knussen, influential composer of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ opera, dies at 66," 12 July 2018 Martine Reid’s life of Sand is a miracle of concision and evenhandedness. — Benita Eisler, WSJ, "‘George Sand’ Review: Monstre Sacré," 8 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'concision.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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