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сжатый — meaning in English

szhatyy

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English meaning

  • brief adj Lasting only a short time.
  • concise adj Giving all the necessary information in few words; brief and to the point.
  • curt adj Speaking briefly to the point of seeming rude; short and blunt.
  • elliptical adj Shaped like an ellipse — a flattened, oval curve.
  • pithy adj Expressed briefly but with a lot of meaning or force.
  • sententious adj Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  • succinct adjective Expressed clearly in very few words, with nothing unnecessary included.

Senses

сжатый is used for these senses in English:

  • brief Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
  • compendious containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
  • concise Brief, yet including all important information.
  • curt Short or concise.
  • elliptical (of speech) Concise, condensed.
  • pithy Concise and meaningful.
  • sententious Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  • succinct Compressed into a tiny area.

brief — full definition

  1. adj Lasting only a short time.
  2. adj Using few words; concise.
  3. noun A set of instructions or a summary given to someone before they carry out a task.
  4. noun A document summarizing the facts and legal arguments of a case, or (UK) the case papers given to a barrister.
  5. verb To give someone a concise summary of a situation before they act.

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