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Brief in English
- brief⇄adj. 1. lasting only a short time; short.
Ex. A brief shower fell just before noon.
(SYN) fleeting, transitory.
2. using few words.
Ex. He sent around a brief announcement of only a few lines. Be as brief as you can, giving just - brief⇄adv. briefly.
- brief⇄adv. 1. (Archaic.) in short; in a few words.
Ex. Brief, they made a monk of me (Robert Browning).
2. (Poetic.) in or after a brief time. - brief⇄brief, adjective, noun, verb, adverb.
- brief⇄expr. briefs, short, snug-fitting underpants.
Ex. [They] are cut freer than briefs to provide snug support without binding and chafing (New Yorker). - brief⇄expr. hold a brief for, to argue for; support; defend.
Ex. I hold no brief for cheating. Professor Dowden holds a brief for Shelley; he pleads for Shelley (Matthew Arnold). [He] holds little brief for slick and fashionable jargon (A. J. Vogl). - brief⇄expr. in brief, in few words; in short.
Ex. In brief, it has been an exciting day. - brief⇄noun briefer.
- brief⇄noun briefness.
- brief⇄noun 1. a short statement; summary.
2a. a statement of the facts and the points of law of a case to be pleaded in court.
b. (in England) an abstract of the facts of a case drawn up by a solicitor for the use of the barrister who acts in cou - brief⇄v.t. 1. to give detailed information to; furnish with a brief.
Ex. The park ranger briefed the boys on fire prevention. He was briefed by city and county officials on the progress of the joint investigation by their agencies into the cave-in (New Y