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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - terse

 
 

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Terse

terse
(terser, tersest) A terse statement or comment is brief and unfriendly. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday... = curt ADJ • tersely ‘It’s too late,’ he said tersely. ADV: ADV with v
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1.
   adjective  (~r; ~st)  Etymology: Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergere to wipe off  Date: 1601  1. smoothly elegant ; polished  2. devoid of superfluity a ~ summary; also short, brusque dismissed me with a ~ “no”  Synonyms: see concise  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  adj. (terser, tersest) 1 (of language) brief, concise, to the point. 2 curt, abrupt. Derivatives tersely adv. terseness n. Etymology: L tersus past part. of tergere wipe, polish ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
  лаконический, лаконичный ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
4.
  1. сжатый, краткий terse lines —- скупые строки terse and rigorous analysis —- сжатый и строгий анализ terse slyle —- немногословный и изящный стиль terse reply —- лаконичный ответ 2. немногословный (об ораторе) 3. уст. приглаженный; отделанный; опрятный 4. уст. изящный, изысканный ...
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5.
  adj.  1) сжатый, краткий (о стиле)  2) немногословный (об ораторе) Syn: compendious, laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct Ant: lengthy, talkative, tedious, verbose ...
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6.
  ~ adj a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed  (Derek's terse reply ended the conversation.) - tersely adv  ("Continue!" he said tersely.) - terseness n ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
  - 1599, "clean-cut, burnished, neat," from Fr. ters "clean," from L. tersus "wiped off, clean, neat," from pp. of tergere "to rub, polish, wipe." Sense of "concise or pithy in style or language" is from 1777, which led to a general sense of "neatly concise." The pejorative meaning "brusque" is a fairly recent development. ...
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