succinct
succinct
Definition
suc·cinct (sək siŋkt′)
adjective
- clearly and briefly stated; terse
- characterized by brevity and conciseness of speech
- Archaic
- enclosed as by a girdle
- closefitting
Etymology: ME, girdled, girded < L succinctus, prepared, short, contracted, pp. of succingere, to gird, tuck up, prepare < sub-, sub- + cingere, to gird: see cinch
suc·cinct′ly adverb
suc·cinct′·ness noun
succinct
Synonyms
succinct
modif.
succinct
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- information: Submissions * Please aim to be succinct in the information you provide and keep the submission as brief as possible.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- keep: This is necessary to keep the overall document succinct.
- make: Would you try to keep all the major ideas and make the text more succinct?
Modifies a noun
- summary: Table 1, below, offers a succinct summary of what not to do.
- overview: The paper has been designed to provide a succinct overview of the main issues.
- explanation: He has the gift of succinct explanation covering complex subjects.
- description: Pupils write a succinct description of the opening sequence.
- introduction: Special Features Basic Beliefs offers a succinct introduction to the church, including founder Joseph Smith's personal account of his visions.
- definition: Spatial Planning There is a need for a clear, succinct definition of spatial planning.
Modifying Another Word
- yet: It should be clear yet succinct whilst reflecting the purpose of your chosen area of research.
- very: His page provides a very succinct summary of legal developments in Scotland each month.
- too: Individual programs can certainly be too succinct for their own good.
- so: They are so succinct we quote them in full.
- admirably: The admirably succinct grounds of appeal assert, shortly, that the judge was wrong in two ways.
- wonderfully: Duncan also provides a wonderfully succinct study of Taxi Driver.
Used with adjective complement
- provide: Your stand graphics and display must provide succinct, key information about the properties or programs that you are marketing.
- write: It is part of her gift: The capacity to write succinct, intelligent songs devoid of genre, fads or fancies.
- make: Make succinct, salient points, avoiding jargon and unnecessarily complex information.
succinct Quotes
Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio. I try hard to be succinct, and am merely obscure.
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