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succinct
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/səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/
adjective
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adjective
Expressed clearly in very few words.
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adjective
Extra detailEncircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly., Of some pupae: encircled by a thread of silk around the centre.
Examples
The epitaph engraved on the headstone was a meaningful, succinct poem.
This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
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- Parts of speech
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- Citations
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- Synonyms
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
Brief and to the point.
Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
More examples
In contextUnlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled
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Origin
adjective
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English succinte, succynt (“having one’s waist encircled with something, girdled; brief, concise, succinct”), borrowed from Old French succinct (modern French succinct), or directly from its etymon Latin succīnctus (“belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”), the perfect passive participle of succingō (“to gather or tuck up with a belt, etc.”), from suc- (a variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“from below; up”)) + cingō (“to encircle, surround; to gird”) (further etymology uncertain). The adverb is derived from the adjective.