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Word: Compendious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief’, from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈpɛndɪəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way
Short Definition:containing or presenting essential facts of something in comprehensive but concise way
Examples:- a compendious study
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