Usually means: Using more words than necessary.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word verbose:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. verbose: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. verbose: Merriam-Webster
  3. verbose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. verbose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. verbose: Collins English Dictionary
  6. verbose: Vocabulary.com
  7. Verbose, verbose: Wordnik
  8. verbose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. verbose: Wiktionary
  10. verbose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. verbose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. verbose: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. verbose: Dictionary.com
  14. verbose: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Verbose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Verbose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. verbose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. verbose: Rhymezone
  19. verbose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. verbose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. verbose: FreeDictionary.org
  22. verbose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. verbose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. verbose: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. verbose: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. verbose: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See verbosely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from 17th c.]
adjective:  (computing) Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

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