Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Compendious \Com*pen"di*ous\, a. [L. compendiosus.]
Containing the substance or general principles of a subject
or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
[1913 Webster]
More compendious and expeditious ways. --Woodward.
[1913 Webster]
Three things be required in the oration of a man having
authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and
delectable. --Sir T.
Elyot.
Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive;
succinct; brief; concise.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compendious
adj 1: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy";
"succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-
ranging subject" [syn: {compendious}, {compact},
{succinct}, {summary}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
