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Succinct

Succinct Meaning & Definition
Succinct Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Succinct?

[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Succinct: compact | compendious | concise | summary

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Succinct In Webster's Dictionary

\Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}.] 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. --Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. --South. Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n.

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