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Definition of succinct adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

succinct

adjective
 
/səkˈsɪŋkt/
 
/səkˈsɪŋkt/
(approving)
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  1. expressed clearly and in a few words synonym concise
    • Keep your answers as succinct as possible.
    • a succinct explanation
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySuccinct is used with these nouns:
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘encircled’): from Latin succinctus ‘tucked up’, past participle of succingere, from sub- ‘from below’ + cingere ‘gird’.
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