Brevity

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or state of being brief in duration.
  • n. Concise expression; terseness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality of being brief in duration.
  • n. Succinctness; conciseness.
  • n. A short piece of writing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Shortness of duration; briefness of time.
  • n. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Shortness; especially, surprising or excessive curtailment of the thing spoken of: as, the brevity of human life. Specifically
  • n. Shortness in speech or writing; conciseness; condensation into few words.
  • n. Synonyms Compression, terseness, pithiness, succinctness, condensation, sententiousness, curtness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the use of brief expressions
  • n. the attribute of being brief or fleeting
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    terseness    duration    length   
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    longevity   
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