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compendious

[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise:

    a compendious history of the world.

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compendious

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adjective

  1. containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
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Derived Forms

  • ³¦´Ç³¾Ëˆ±è±ð²Ô»å¾±´Ç³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ³¦´Ç³¾Ëˆ±è±ð²Ô»å¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð²Ôd¾±Â·´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð²Ôd¾±Â·´Ç³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ôc´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð²Ôd¾±Â·´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of compendious1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word ³¦´Ç³¾±è±ð²Ô»å¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ. See compendium, -ous
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“The book is compendious and revelatory, a statement of the man in his own words, and I found myself knowing my father in new ways through these letters.â€

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These works don’t attempt to replace the compendious authority of traditional biography but, rather, enter into dialogue with it by reflecting more on some facts in a life and its work than on others.

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Sony’s new set is one of the most compendious efforts at archival excavation that the major labels have yet offered.

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In this compendious book Newkirk, the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Stone, an author and co-author of numerous titles, have separate but closely related agendas.

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Michael Kinch’s The End of the Beginning gives an account both personal and compendious.

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