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Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words. The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history... = concise ADJ c darkgreen]approval • succinctly He succinctly summed up his manifesto as ‘Work hard, train hard and play hard’. ADV: ADV with v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us having one's clothes gathered up by a belt, tightly wrapped, concise, from sub- + cinctus, past participle of cingere to gird — more at cincture Date: 15th century 1. archaic a. being girded b. close-fitting 2. marked by compact precise expression without wasted words a ~ description Synonyms: see concise • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. briefly expressed; terse, concise. Derivatives succinctly adv. succinctness n. Etymology: ME f. L succinctus past part. of succingere tuck up (as SUB-, cingere gird) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. сжатый, краткий 2. книж. короткий, недолгий 3. уст. плотно облегающий (об одежде) 4. уст. опоясанный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj approving clearly expressed in a few words (a very succinct explanation) - succinctly adv - succinctness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. succincte, from L. succinctus, pp. of succingere "tuck up (clothes for action), gird from below," from sub "up from under" + cingere "to gird." Sense of "compressed" first recorded c.1537. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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