succinct
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editsuccinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)
- 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[ipley] 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[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIX, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] 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!"
- 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.
- (archaic) Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editbrief and to the point
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French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin succīnctus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsuccinct (feminine succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)
- succinct, concise; laconic
- (informal, figurative) light, scanty, frugal
- un repas succinct ― a light meal
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “succinct”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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