Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality of being brief in duration.

    Kürze

    кра́ткостьkrátkostʹ

    the attribute of being brief or fleeting

  2. (uncountable)Succinctness; conciseness.

    Bündigkeit, Knappheit

    кра́ткостьkrátkostʹ, лакони́чностьlakoníčnostʹ

    сти́слістьstýslistʹ

  3. (countable, rare)A short piece of writing.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. In the brevity lies the power.

    deIn der Kürze liegt die Kraft. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Tom prefers to explicate rather than summarize, believing clarity is more important than brevity.

  3. Brevity is the soul of wit.

    ruКраткость — сестра таланта. — ascolto

    deIn der Kürze liegt die Würze. — samueldora

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  4. Brevity is not your strong point.

    ruКраткость не твой конёк. — marafon

  5. Brevity will help you to be understood by others.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
succinctness; conciseness:
Русский
By meaning 2
the quality of being brief in duration:
succinctness; conciseness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the quality of being brief in duration:
succinctness; conciseness:

Origin

First attested in English in 1509; either:

First attested in English in 1509; either:

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Forms

plural: brevities
Singularbrevity
Pluralbrevities

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
quality of being brief in duration:ephemeralityC2
succinctness:concision
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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