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71short — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. brief, concise, curt; deficient, failing; compact, stubby. See insufficiency, shortness, littleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not long in space] Syn. low, skimpy, slight, not tall, not long,… …
72concise — [kən sīs′] adj. [L concisus, cut off, brief, pp. of concidere, to cut off < com , intens. + caedere, to cut: see CIDE] brief and to the point; short and clear concisely adv. conciseness n. SYN. CONCISE implies the stating of much in few words …
73con|cise´ness — con|cise «kuhn SYS», adjective. expressing much in few words; brief but full of meaning: »The chairman s concise report covered all the subjects briefly. ╂[< Latin concīsus, past participle of concīdere < com (intensive) + caedere cut]… …
74con|cise´ly — con|cise «kuhn SYS», adjective. expressing much in few words; brief but full of meaning: »The chairman s concise report covered all the subjects briefly. ╂[< Latin concīsus, past participle of concīdere < com (intensive) + caedere cut]… …
75con|cise — «kuhn SYS», adjective. expressing much in few words; brief but full of meaning: »The chairman s concise report covered all the subjects briefly. ╂[< Latin concīsus, past participle of concīdere < com (intensive) + caedere cut] –con|cise´ly …
76LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
77Brief — (br[=e]f), a. [OE. bref, F. brief, bref, fr. L. brevis; akin to Gr. brachy s short, and perh. to Skr. barh to tear. Cf. {Breve}.] 1. Short in duration. [1913 Webster] How brief the life of man. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Concise; terse; succinct.… …
78Concise — Con*cise , a. [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.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; used of …
79In brief — Brief Brief (br[=e]f), a. [OE. bref, F. brief, bref, fr. L. brevis; akin to Gr. brachy s short, and perh. to Skr. barh to tear. Cf. {Breve}.] 1. Short in duration. [1913 Webster] How brief the life of man. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Concise; terse;… …
80Valley — In geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge. The terms U shaped and V shaped… …
