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   terse

   /təːs/

   adjective

   • 1. sparing in the use of words; abrupt: "a terse statement"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin tersus ‘wiped, polished’, from the verb tergere. The original sense was ‘polished, trim, spruce’, (relating to language) ‘polished, polite’, hence ‘concise and to the point’ (late 18th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. tersely adverb
   • 2. terseness noun

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   What does terse mean?

   • The meaning of TERSE is using few words : devoid of superfluity; also : short, brusque. How to use terse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Terse.

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   What is a terse sentence?

   • Ripley briefed the general situation as it stood on the night of the engine theft in a few terse sentences. Bill Hayes gave a terse account of his stewardship during Hollister's absence. Bill, to use a terse but slangy term, proceeded to go up in the air. Terse definition: neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language..

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   What is a terse one-word answer?

   • Brief and to the point; effectively concise: a terse one-word answer. [Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre, to cleanse .] terse′ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a terse email?

   • The agency notified speakers and participants in a terse email, which gave no explanation. He eschews public displays of emotion and expresses himself in terse, well-chosen words. On the 11th, capitulated in a terse, one-page document. In security video, the woman is seen in a terse exchange with a burly man in a tank top.

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   Terse means brief, or using very few words. If your teacher tells you to make your writing in your essay style terse and to the point, he's saying use as few words as you can and be simple and clear.

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   1. neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. 2. abruptly concise; curt; brusque. [1595–1605; < Latin tersus neat, polished, past participle of tergēre to rub, polish] terse′ly, adv. terse′ness, n. syn: See concise.