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COMPENDIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compendious mean?
• COMPENDIOUS (adjective)
The adjective COMPENDIOUS has 1 sense:
1. briefly giving the gist of something
Familiarity information: COMPENDIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Briefly giving the gist of something
Synonyms:
compact; compendious; succinct; summary
Context example:
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
Derivation:
compendium (a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work)
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