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brief English

Meaning brief meaning

What does brief mean?
Definitions in simple English

brief Adjective

— If something is brief, it is for a short time. Today there will be brief periods of rain. Today's meeting should be very brief. The ceremony included a brief speech by the president. She arrived when she was 13 months old and, except for one brief period, she never left. During the brief interview I was asked why I wanted to work for UPS. — If a piece of clothing such as shorts or a skirt is brief, it is short. One of them was naked, the other wore only a pair of brief shorts.

brief Noun

— A brief is a short piece of writing or a short talk. They've been asked to file briefs, stating why they think the case should not be heard. My father was at work, reading through a pile of legal briefs. — Briefs are short underpants. Could you tell whether he was wearing briefs or boxers under his trousers? — You use in brief to show that you will speak or write in a short way. In brief, the results suggest that coffee is not harmful in small amounts.

brief Verb

— If you brief someone, you tell them the most important information about something. Army General David Petraeus briefed the president on the progress of the plan.

brief

— adjective of short duration or distance a brief stay in the country — adjective concise and succinct covered the matter in a brief statement — noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case — verb give essential information to someone The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade — adjective (= abbreviated) (of clothing) very short an abbreviated swimsuit a brief bikini — noun a condensed written summary or abstract

Synonyms brief synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as brief?

brief English » English

short concise summary succinct terse momentary passing laconic curt instruction fleeting digest abstract transient temporary summarize precis instruct condensed conclude abrupt abbreviated writ warrant transitory to the point simple short-term sententious resume report petition of short duration nonverbose mentor mandate make a summary make a resume little legal brief lapidary inform impermanent guide docket complaint clear bulletin briefly blunt

Topics brief topics

What do people use brief to talk about?
States Time Take time

A short time
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak little
Language and thought Communication Say

Speak with others
States Time Speed

Quick

Conjugation brief conjugation

How do you conjugate brief?

brief · verb

Examples brief examples

How do I use brief in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Be very brief, please.
After a brief peace, war broke out again.
I couldn't think up such a brief explanation.
The effects of the drug are intense but brief.
Can you give me a brief description of the thief?
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.
I cannot do it in such a brief time.
He sent me a brief note.
He answered in brief.
She is, in brief, a chatterbox.
In brief, I need money. Please lend it to me!
There was a brief break in the discussion.
I couldn't think of a brief explanation.
I can't tell you the whole story now, but in brief, my parents aren't coming here this summer.
His speech was brief and to the point.
He died after a brief illness.
In brief, the party was splendid.
In brief, he was wrong.
The train made a brief stop.
They took a brief vacation.
After a brief speech the mayor fielded questions from reporters.
After a brief fight, they won.
He sent me a brief letter.
It was a brief journey.
The journey was brief.

Movie subtitles

And please be brief.
I'll be brief and to the point.
His victory will be brief, Ursus!
The screenplay by Dr. Fanck is based on a brief newspaper report about some young mountain climbers who lost their way in a rock face near Innsbruck and fought for their lives for seven days.
But pleasure is brief in this world, my sweet. and yours is most uncertain. because you don't know when I'll be back.
Come on. Drink to life. to the magnificent, dangerous. brief, wonderful life.
Our meetings are so brief, the dance also.
Be brief!
In brief, the spouses are happy there's not more of it, they throw their arms around each other and the matter is settled.
I'll make this as brief as possible, gentlemen.
I want to encompass all the knowledge I can in my brief span.
I know you're anxious to go, so I'll be brief.
Our complaints are brief and we make them against the nearest wall.
Now gentlemen, the subject being vast and my time brief.
I'll brief you.
I'll be brief.
We were allowed one brief profile shot of an invisible mouth, chin and jaw several minutes ago, and now with the unwrapping shots we wait with fascinating anticipation to see what lengths the invisibility presentation will take us next.
But here, his brief appearance is one of complete normality.
BE BRIEF. YOUR TIME IS AS PRECIOUS AS OURS Precisely!
Very well, then. but in heaven's name, be brief, man.
Gentlemen, I'm going to be brief.
They show you a brief glimpse of paradise, and then: Take it away.
It feels like a brief.
Brief, to the point, wasting no words.
It's brief, it's smooth, it's pungent.
Drink to life. to the magnificent, dangerous. brief, wonderful life.
The time is very brief.
For a brief recess.
Baron, I'll be brief.
Out of respect for his feelings, will you make the ceremony as brief as possible.
In my life she was to play a role that was brief, providential and evil.
Mr. Wilson, I'll be brief.
Brief, cool and businesslike.
Such a brief visit.
For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of flood, whose guiltless drops do make such waste in brief mortality.
That sail I suerly do, that is the brief and the long of it.
Out, out, brief candle!

News and current affairs

In brief, the decisive axis of the new order increasingly involves the United States and the People's Republic of China.
Or will America's apparent inward turn be as brief as it was following Vietnam?
His brief is to be the honest broker, the facilitator of a dialogue between government and opposition leaders, particularly Aung San Suu Kyi.
E. B. Wilson, the proverbial giant of cell biology, had the last word, concluding in a brief paper following Rashevsky's presentation that mathematics may be helpful in studying the growth of populations, but not individuals.
While most of the Court's analysis focused on domestic considerations, the Justices also invoked a legal brief filed by the European Union that described the overwhelming disapproval of the practice in the world community.
There was a brief glimmer of hope in 2009, when the sense of paralysis led the Conference to consensus on a program of work.
In brief, the ECB could announce tomorrow morning that, henceforth, it will undertake a debt-conversion program for any member state that wishes to participate.
On the left, Royal, the Socialist president of the region of Poitou-Charentes, has scant government experience, serving brief stints as environment minister, family minister, and education minister.
STANFORD - In the 25 years before the Great Recession of 2008-2009, the United States experienced two brief, mild recessions and two strong, long expansions.
For one brief shining moment, the Royal Bank of Scotland was global top dog in rankings of commercial banks, and we know how that story ended.
In brief, innovation will only truly take off with the understanding that the world is rapidly changing, extremely dynamic and volatile, and that the future is unpredictable.
In brief, the major central banks on both sides of the Atlantic have responded to the financial crisis, but they have not overreacted.
The Brigade denied responsibility in a written statement, as well as in a brief interview with its spokesperson, who at the time was in charge of guarding Al Jala Hospital in Benghazi.
What these fighters for justice and freedom take from this 3,500-word document is the brief statements of general principles in response to John's arbitrary seizure of his subjects' property and person.
Thus, some type of power struggle, rather like what occurred in the Soviet Union following Stalin's death, may invariably follow a brief period of collective rule.
This holds promise of progress, but despite the brief fanfare and positive statements at the peace conference last November in Annapolis, Maryland, a retrogression has occurred in the process.
The next year, he embarked on a mission to the United States to brief President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries on the horrors that he had witnessed.
Russia's brief trade war in August frightened Yanukovych into pledging to fulfill all 11 of the EU's legal and political conditions.
The deep cross-border links between financial institutions and the activity of globally active investment banks only took a brief hit from the crisis.
But the absence from this process of key governments, especially the emerging powers, threatens to end the world's all-too-brief era of accountability.
Of course, Timor Leste has been in something of a political limbo since last year, when clashes between rival factions in the security forces led to a brief breakdown of law and order.
This is an all-encompassing brief, covering everything we do as a community and an economy in areas ranging from international trade to art, culture, and tourism.
Today, we've released a policy brief on the current refugee crisis.
But the ensuing honeymoon with the markets turned out to be brief.
But, after a brief exchange of views behind closed doors, no joint statement was issued and only a heavily sanitized account of the meeting was made available to China's state media.
Russia, after a brief attempt at democracy under Boris Yeltsin, has reverted to a form of unenlightened despotism under Vladimir Putin.
He has practically written its foreign policy brief.

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