brevity

US: /ˈbɹɛvəti/
UK: /bɹˈɛvɪti/


English Vietnamese dictionary


brevity /'breviti/
  • danh từ
    • tính khúc chiết; sự vắn tắt, sự ngắn gọn
    • sự ngắn ngủi (cuộc sống)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun [U] (formal)
1 the quality of using few words when speaking or writing: The report is a masterpiece of brevity. + Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity. + For the sake of brevity, I'd like to make just two points.
2 the fact of lasting a short time: the brevity of human life
See also - BRIEF

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
shortness, briefness, conciseness, concision, terseness, succinctness, pithiness, compactness, laconicism or laconism, economy:
Brevity is the soul of wit.

Concise English dictionary


'brevətɪ
noun
+the use of brief expressions
+the attribute of being brief or fleeting