succinct

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English

Etymology

From Middle English succinte, succynt, from Old French succinct, from Latin succinctus, perfect passive participle of succingō (“gird from below”), from sub + cingō (“gird, wrap, surround”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səkˈsɪŋkt/, /səˈsɪŋkt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkt
  • Hyphenation: suc‧cinct

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)

  1. Brief and to the point.
    Synonyms: concise, laconic; see also Thesaurus:concise
    You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
    • 1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., “Experience”, in Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page 118:
      But he made the truth very comfortable, and gave a succinct statement of the young man's brilliant beginnings.
    • 1915, W Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIX, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H Doran Company, →OCLC:
      Philip wired a succinct affirmative, and next morning a stranger presented himself at the studio.
    • 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:
      The Derby Carriage Works foreman, when informed that this coach was to be run at 90 m.p.h. to obtain information on bogie hunting, is reported to have offered one succinct word of advice - "Don't!"
  2. Compressed into a tiny area.
    Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
  3. (archaic) Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

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Translations

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin succīnctus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

succinct (feminine succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)

  1. succinct, concise; laconic
  2. (informal, figurative) light, scanty, frugal
    un repas succinct ― a light meal

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