Definition:
- (a.) Short in duration.
- (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.
- (a.) Rife; common; prevalent.
- (adv.) Briefly.
- (adv.) Soon; quickly.
- (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
- (a.) An epitome.
- (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
- (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
- (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
- (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.
Compare brief with other words:
brief vs. cascade
brief vs. presentation
brief vs. jiffy
brief vs. submittal
brief vs. submission
brief vs. prief
brief vs. rief
brief vs. grief
brief vs. brier
brief vs. meteoric
based vs. brief
brief vs. transitory
brief vs. fast
brief vs. outline
brief vs. contemporary
brief vs. momentally
brief vs. briefman
brief vs. briefless
brief vs. describe
brief vs. digest
brief vs. succinate
brief vs. draft
brief vs. detail
brief vs. temporary
brief vs. example
brief vs. exemplify
brief vs. descriptive
brief vs. illustrate
brief vs. little
brief vs. compendious
brief vs. tersely
brief vs. shortness
brief vs. indiscretion
brief vs. respite
brief vs. condense
brief vs. illustrated
brief vs. exemplified
brief vs. terse
brief vs. pithy
brief vs. flurry
breviate vs. brief
brief vs. prolonged
brief vs. telegraphic
brief vs. capsule
brief vs. transience
brief vs. memorandum
brief vs. glance
brief vs. whirl
brief vs. obituary
brief vs. taut
brief vs. gloss
brief vs. sketchy
brief vs. succinct
brief vs. transition
brief vs. rush
brief vs. wink
brief vs. transient
brief vs. text
brief vs. instantaneous
brief vs. laconic
brief vs. jot
brief vs. concise
breve vs. brief
brief vs. sesquipedalian
ample vs. brief
brief vs. spot
brief vs. moment
brief vs. synopsis
brief vs. hook
brief vs. workshop
brief vs. flash
brief vs. long
brief vs. court
abstract vs. brief
brief vs. epitome
brief vs. summary
brief vs. report
brief vs. written
brief vs. news
brief vs. briefly
argument vs. brief
brevity vs. brief
brief vs. short
brief vs. spatial
brief vs. duration
brief vs. epigram
abridge vs. brief
brief vs. sample
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