brief
IPA: brˈif
noun
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- A short news story or report.
- (usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
- (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
verb
- (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
- (transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
adjective
- Of short duration; happening quickly.
- Concise; taking few words.
- Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
- (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
adverb
- (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
- (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
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Examples of "brief" in Sentences
- The embrace was brief and traumatic.
- It is a brief history of the ragtime era.
- He is a senior editor of the 'The Briefing'.
- The encounters are brief but uncommonly vivid.
- A Daringly Brief Summary of a Huge Phenomenon.
- There is a brief reminiscence of the love music.
- Campbell says this in the briefing session of the game.
- All has to be brief and not to the point of exhaustion.
- They have a short palaver, followed by a brief skirmish.
- In the late afternoon, the government briefed the situation.
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