"succinct" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sə(k)ˈsɪŋkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-succinct.ogg [US] Forms: more succinct [comparative], most succinct [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkt Etymology: From Middle English succinte, succynt, from Old French succinct, from Latin succinctus, perfect passive participle of succingō (“gird from below”), from sub + cingō (“gird, wrap, surround”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|succinte}} Middle English succinte, {{m|enm|succynt}} succynt, {{der|en|fro|succinct}} Old French succinct, {{der|en|la|succinctus}} Latin succinctus, {{m|la|succingō||gird from below}} succingō (“gird from below”), {{m|la|sub}} sub, {{m|la|cingō||gird, wrap, surround}} cingō (“gird, wrap, surround”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)
  1. Brief and to the point. Synonyms: concise, laconic, concise Translations (brief and to the point): սեղմ (seġm) (Armenian), кратък (kratǎk) (Bulgarian), сбит (sbit) (Bulgarian), succint (Catalan), 簡潔的 (Chinese Mandarin), 简洁的 (jiǎnjié de) (Chinese Mandarin), 簡明的 (Chinese Mandarin), 简明的 (jiǎnmíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), stručný [masculine] (Czech), koncis, fyndig (Danish), bondig (Dutch), ytimekäs (Finnish), succinct (French), bündig (German), knapp (German), kurz (German), lapidar (German), prägnant (German), λακωνικός (lakonikós) [masculine] (Greek), συνοπτικός (synoptikós) [masculine] (Greek), tömör (Hungarian), velős (Hungarian), 簡潔な (kanketsu na) (alt: かんけつな) (Japanese), қысқаша (qysqaşa) (Kazakh), succinctus (Latin), содр́жаен (sodŕžaen) [masculine] (Macedonian), кра́ток (krátok) [masculine] (Macedonian), зби́ен (zbíen) (Macedonian), ко́нцизен (kóncizen) [masculine] (Macedonian), ла́конски (lákonski) (Macedonian), konsis (Norwegian), موجز (mujez) (Persian), مختصر و مفید (moxtasar o mofid) (Persian), zwięzły (Polish), treściwy (Polish), sucinto (Portuguese), кра́ткий (krátkij) (Russian), ёмкий (jómkij) (Russian), лаконичный (lakoničnyj) (Russian), sucinto (Spanish), koncis (Swedish), བསྡུས་པ (bsdus pa) (Tibetan), ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ (tshig nyung don bsdus pa) (Tibetan), ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང (tshig nyung don tshang) (Tibetan), mücmel [dated] (Turkish), muhtasar [dated] (Turkish), özlü (Turkish), veciz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-succinct-en-adj-ylD6RhH7 Disambiguation of 'brief and to the point': 98 1 1
  2. Compressed into a tiny area. Translations (compressed into a tiny area): компактен (kompakten) (Bulgarian), zhuštěný [masculine] (Czech), compact (Dutch), tiivis (Finnish), kompakt (German), сжа́тый (sžátyj) (Russian), sıkı (Turkish), yoğun (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-succinct-en-adj-cOdTcXYy Disambiguation of 'compressed into a tiny area': 1 98 1
  3. (archaic) Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-succinct-en-adj-9WuFeCur Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 4 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: succinctness, succinctly

Adjective [French]

IPA: /syk.sɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-succinct.wav Forms: succincte [feminine], succincts [masculine, plural], succinctes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin succīnctus. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|succīnctus}} Learned borrowing from Latin succīnctus Head templates: {{fr-adj}} succinct (feminine succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)
  1. succinct, concise; laconic
    Sense id: en-succinct-fr-adj-Sj2KVrzA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (informal, figurative) light, scanty, frugal Tags: figuratively, informal
    Sense id: en-succinct-fr-adj-POIG9z6n Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: succinctement

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "roman": "synoptikós",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "tömör"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "alt": "かんけつな",
          "code": "ja",
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          "word": "қысқаша"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sodŕžaen",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "содр́жаен"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "krátok",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zbíen",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "зби́ен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kóncizen",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко́нцизен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lákonski",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "ла́конски"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "konsis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mujez",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "موجز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "moxtasar o mofid",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "مختصر و مفید"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "zwięzły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "treściwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "sucinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krátkij",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "кра́ткий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jómkij",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "ёмкий"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lakoničnyj",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "лаконичный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "sucinto"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "koncis"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "bsdus pa",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "བསྡུས་པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "tshig nyung don bsdus pa",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "tshig nyung don tshang",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
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          "word": "mücmel"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
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          "word": "muhtasar"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "özlü"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "brief and to the point",
          "word": "veciz"
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          "text": "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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        "Compressed into a tiny area."
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          "word": "сжа́тый"
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          "word": "sıkı"
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        "informal"
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "seġm",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "սեղմ"
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      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "кратък"
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      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "сбит"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "succint"
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      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "簡潔的"
    },
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      "roman": "jiǎnjié de",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "简洁的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "簡明的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnmíng de",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "简明的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stručný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "koncis, fyndig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "bondig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "ytimekäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "succinct"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "bündig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "knapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "kurz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "lapidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "prägnant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lakonikós",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λακωνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synoptikós",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συνοπτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "tömör"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "velős"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんけつな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanketsu na",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "簡潔な"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qysqaşa",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "қысқаша"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "succinctus"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sodŕžaen",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "содр́жаен"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krátok",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "кра́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbíen",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "зби́ен"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóncizen",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́нцизен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lákonski",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "ла́конски"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "konsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mujez",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "موجز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moxtasar o mofid",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "مختصر و مفید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "zwięzły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "treściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "sucinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátkij",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "кра́ткий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jómkij",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "ёмкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lakoničnyj",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "лаконичный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "sucinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "koncis"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "bsdus pa",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "བསྡུས་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "tshig nyung don bsdus pa",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "tshig nyung don tshang",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "mücmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "muhtasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "özlü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "brief and to the point",
      "word": "veciz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kompakten",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "компактен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zhuštěný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "compact"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "tiivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "kompakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžátyj",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "сжа́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "sıkı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "compressed into a tiny area",
      "word": "yoğun"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "French lemmas",
    "French terms borrowed from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links"
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      "word": "succinctement"
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      "form": "succincte",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "French terms with collocations"
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        "(informal, figurative) light, scanty, frugal"
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        "figuratively",
        "informal"
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      "ipa": "/syk.sɛ̃/"
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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-succinct.wav",
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}

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