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121compendium — I noun abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, breviary, brief, capsule, compend, concise treatment, condensation, conspectus, contraction, digest, epitoma, epitome, essence, extract, outline, pandect, precis, recapitulation, review, summary, survey …
122brief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. short, succinct, terse; quick, fleeting. n. summary, argument. v. t. instruct. See information, lawsuit, shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Short in time] Syn. short, fleeting, concise; see… …
123compendium — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abstract, précis, epitome, summary, digest, synopsis; compilation, anthology. See assemblage, shortness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abridgment, abstract, essence; see abridgment 2 , summary . III (Roget… …
124digest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. transform; absorb, assimilate; ruminate, ponder, weigh; shorten, abridge, condense. See thought, shortness, food. n. list, catalog; abstract, condensation, compendium. See writing. II (Roget s IV)… …
125condensation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of condensing] Syn. compression, consolidation, crystallization; see concentration 1 , reduction 1 . 2. [A condensed state or form] Syn. reduction, contraction, synopsis; see abbreviation 1 , abridgment 2 , essence 1 …
126Nonincrease — (Roget s Thesaurus) Decrease < N PARAG:Nonincrease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease diminution Sgm: N 1 lessening lessening &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 subtraction subtraction &c. 38 Sgm: N 1 reduction reduction abatement …
127Shortness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Shortness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 shortness shortness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 brevity brevity Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c. 193 Sgm: N 1 a span a span GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …
128Conciseness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Conciseness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 conciseness conciseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 brevity brevity => the soul of wit, the soul of wit laconism Sgm: N 1 Tacitus Tacitus Sgm: N 1 ellipsis ellipsis …
