What does succinct mean?

succinct in AZ Dictionary

(a) described as obvious, accurate phrase in couple of terms; succinct and terse: a succinct response; a succinct style.
(a) Archaic Encircled just as if by a girdle; girded.
(a) brief and also to the purpose; having faculties of both brevity and quality.
Prawn up, or held up, by or as by a girdle or musical organization; passed through girdle, as a loose garment the folds which are so retained; ergo, unimpeded.
Compressed into a small compass, especially into few words; described as spoken brevity; short; brief; concise; terse: as, a succinct account regarding the proceedings for the council.
In entomology, girdled, as a lepidopterous pupa; getting the character of the chrysalids that are sustained by a silken thread around the middle. See slashed b under Papilionidæ.

succinct in Community Dictionary

Brief and obvious; in couple of terms. by CassieReport definition

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  • Synonym for "succinct"
    • summary, short, concise, laconic, compendious
  • Phrases for "succinct"
    • most succinct, succinct way, very succinct, some succinct, and succinct
  • Rhyme for "succinct"
    • blinked, distinct, extinct, indistinct, interlinked
  • Equivalent for "succinct"
    • concise
  • Form for "succinct"
    • succinctness, succinctly
  • Same Context for "succinct"
    • concise, terse, pithy, epigrammatic, matter-of-fact
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