succinct

Meanings

• adjective

  Concise and clear in expression; not wordy.

  - "The succinct instructions made the task easy to complete."
  - "His succinct response left no room for misunderstanding."

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

concise , laconic

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with succinct
tinct , intact , compact

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Variants

List of all variants of succinct that leads to same result
succinct , succincter , succinctest , succinctly , succinctness , succinctnesses

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Etymology

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From Latin succinctus, past participle of succinere : to pull tight, to gather up, to shorten.

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Trivia

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1. The term succinct was first used in English in the 15th century.

2. Succinct is an antonym for verbose.

3. In the medical field, succinct is used to describe a quick and effective treatment.

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Related Concepts

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1. concise: Synonym of succinct, meaning brief and to the point.

2. clear: Related to succinct as clear communication is essential for succinctness.

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Quotes

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1. Other experts are in the business of selling their research. Alan Greenspan made his reputation and career as a partner of Townsend-Greenspan, whose clients were a who's who of old Wall Street. Successful research firms can command substantial fees, and buyers demand clear, "succinct" and unequivocal analysis and predictions.

   - Zachary Karabell,{it}Newsweek{/it},9 Mar. 2009

2. As Esther Benbassa recounts in her dry but impressively "succinct" and informative history, they arrived in the Roman province of Gaul in the first centuries of the common era, and soon found themselves trod underfoot by the ascendant Christian church.

   - David A. Bell,{it}New Republic{/it},28 Feb. 2000

3. In his first work of popular science, English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking proves himself to be a master of vivid clarity. His title, " A Brief History of Time," is understated even by British standards; in 198 pages Hawking manages no less than a "succinct" history of cosmology, a concise explanation of general relativity and its intersection with quantum mechanics …

   - Richard Rhodes,{it}Chicago Tribune{/it},27 Mar. 1988

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Culture

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The term 'succinct' has been used extensively in literature and academia to describe clear and concise communication. In art, succinct compositions are those that convey the intended message efficiently and effectively.

How to Memorize "succinct"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a tight, compact package to represent the meaning of succinct.
   - Imagine a succinct message as a short, clear path from start to finish.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word succinct with the idea of brevity and clarity.
   - Remember succinct as the opposite of wordy or lengthy.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'SucCinct': Short, Understandable, Clear, Concise, Intelligent, Tight.

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