brief

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of short duration; happening quickly.
  • Concise; taking few words.
  • Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
  • Rife; common; prevalent.

Noun

Verb

  • To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
  • To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

Adverb

  • Briefly.
  • Soon; quickly.

Origin

  • From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. merry.

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