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SUCCINCT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does succinct mean?
• SUCCINCT (adjective)
The adjective SUCCINCT has 1 sense:
1. briefly giving the gist of something
Familiarity information: SUCCINCT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Briefly giving the gist of something
Synonyms:
compact; compendious; succinct; summary
Context example:
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
Derivation:
succinctness (terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words)
Context examples
The house was just such as I had pictured it from Sherlock Holmes’ succinct description, but the locality appeared to be less private than I expected. On the contrary, for a small street in a quiet neighbourhood, it was remarkably animated.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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