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{"id": "terse", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "terse", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "tersely", "text": "tersely"}, {"id": "terseness", "text": "terseness"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["early 17th century: from Latin tersus \u2018wiped, polished\u2019, from the verb tergere. The original sense was \u2018polished, trim, spruce\u2019, (relating to language) \u2018polished, polite\u2019, hence \u2018concise and to the point\u2019 (late 18th century)"], "inflections": [{"inflectedForm": "terser"}, {"inflectedForm": "tersest"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/terse_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "t\u0259\u02d0s"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["sparing in the use of words; abrupt"], "examples": [{"text": "a terse statement"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1042000.007", "shortDefinitions": ["sparing in use of words"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "curt"}, {"language": "en", "text": "brusque"}, {"language": "en", "text": "abrupt"}, {"language": "en", "text": "clipped"}, {"language": "en", "text": "blunt"}, {"language": "en", "text": "gruff"}, {"language": "en", "text": "short"}, {"language": "en", "text": "brief"}, {"language": "en", "text": "concise"}, {"language": "en", "text": "succinct"}, {"language": "en", "text": "to the point"}, {"language": "en", "text": "compact"}, {"language": "en", "text": "crisp"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pithy"}, {"language": "en", "text": "incisive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "short and sweet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "economical"}, {"language": "en", "text": "laconic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "epigrammatic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "summary"}, {"language": "en", "text": "condensed"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "terse", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0014745.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "terse"}], "type": "headword", "word": "terse"}], "word": "terse"}
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