Sekirov Dictionary

succinct

UK /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/US /sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/

adjective 6
adverb 1
forms 4

adjective6

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Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
- You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
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(figurative) Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt.
- Then suddenly, and vvith a succinct bovv, bidding them all good bye, he took a hasty leave; […] — 1796
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(figurative) Compressed into a small area; compact.
- Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
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(no longer used) Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
- The Tovvne is most beautified, by a vast Garden of the Kings, succinct vvith a great tovvred mud-vvall, larger than the Circuit of the Citie. — 1634
(no longer used) Of some pupae: encircled by a thread of silk around the centre.
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(no longer used) Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
- [W]ings he vvore / Of many a colourd plume sprinkl'd vvith Gold, / His habit fit for speed succinct, and held / Before his decent steps a Silver vvand. — 1667

adverb1

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(no longer used) Synonym of succinctly (“briefly, concisely”).
- Very largely haue I inueighed against this vice [gluttony] elsvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill trusse it vp more surcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […] — 1593

forms

more succinct · succincter · most succinct · succinctest

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