terse

Meanings

• adjective

  Brevity; concise and succinct in expression.

  - "He gave a tersely worded reply."
  - "The tersely written report left no room for ambiguity."

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Pronunciation

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Antonyms

prolix , verbose , wordy

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Synonyms

abrupt , brusque , mardy , short-spoken , concise , succinct

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with terse
hearse , verse , nausea , rehearse

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Variants

List of all variants of terse that leads to same result
terse , tersely , terseness , tersenesses , terser , tersest

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Etymology

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From Old French terse, from terser, to fold up, from terse, folded, from terre earth.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'terse' comes from the Old French word 'terser', which means 'to fold up'.

2. In mathematics, a terse matrix is a matrix that is both sparse and compressed.

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Related Concepts

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1. concise: Expressing complex ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

2. succinct: Brief and to the point; not wordy or lengthy.

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Quotes

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1. … Johnston stays bolted to the wheelhouse floor, wrestling the helm and jotting down notes in the ship log. His entries are "terse", bullet descriptions of the unending chaos outside.

   - Sebastian Junger,{it}The Perfect Storm{/it},1997

2. Everything about him is tidy, from his "terse" wit to the flecks of gray hair that fall in precise iterations around the edges of his scalp.

   - Devin Gordon,{it}Newsweek{/it},29 July 2002

3. She accepts the caller's "terse" expression of sympathy and duly expresses in return her appreciation for that unenviable bit of message-bearing.

   - John Barth,{it}Harper's{/it},January 1994

4. This vicious cycle was captured succinctly in Gandhi's "terse" warning that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

   - David McCabe,{it}Commonweal{/it},11 Apr. 1997

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'terse' is often used to describe the writing style of authors who use concise language and avoid unnecessary words. Ernest Hemingway is an example of a writer known for his terse writing style.

How to Memorize "terse"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person folding up a piece of paper tightly, representing the idea of brevity and conciseness.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'terse' with the idea of a concise and clear communication.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'terse' as 'Tightly Efficient Representation of Succinct Expressions'.

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