[ UK /kənsˈɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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How To Use concision In A Sentence

  • Pärt has written many a cappella works for several voices or chorus, and this new one, apart from its concision, is typical.
  • The 10 tracks on Delay Trees' recent self-titled full-length are models of concision, each stuffing a Sigur Ros epic's worth of buildup into four or so minutes at a time. NPR Topics: News
  • Road Movies" is also a masterpiece of concision, which is more than one could say for Penderecki's 1999 Violin Sonata. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • It might have been much longer but that she'd had practice in the craft of concision preparing plot summaries for studios. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
  • Its charming concision allows the reader to reflect on the poet's experiences and thoughts unencumbered; without needing to have any prior knowledge of the subject.
  • Generally, asyndeton offers the feeling of speed and concision to lists and phrases and clauses, but occasionally the effect cannot be so easily categorized.
  • In the interests of concision and readability, I cut 120,000 words from the typescript.
  • The shortest of the books under review, it has the merits of concision, clarity, and simplicity.
  • As concision agent, we do business on commission basis.
  • In 2009 I want to make a big effort to wrestle my posts back to a more reasonable length, concision is a virtue after all, and to make my style clearer and less intellectual. A Review and Resolutions « Tales from the Reading Room
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