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Succinct Definition & Meaning

succinct
adjective
  1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject"

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What does succinct mean?
briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject"
What part of speech is succinct?
Succinct is an adjective.

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