brief

  • 51brief — A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement or epitome of some larger document, or of a series of papers, facts and circumstances, or propositions. A written statement… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 52brief — A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement or epitome of some larger document, or of a series of papers, facts and circumstances, or propositions. A written statement… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 53brief — 1. adjective 1) a brief account Syn: concise, succinct, short, pithy, compact, thumbnail, potted 2) a brief visit Syn: short, flying, fleeting, hasty …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 54Brief — der Brief, e (Grundstufe) schriftliche Mitteilung (mit der Post verschickt) Beispiel: Ich habe einen Brief von meiner Schwester bekommen. Kollokationen: einen Brief an jmdn. schicken den Brief in den Briefkasten werfen …

    Extremes Deutsch

  • 55brief — [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy , as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56brief — adj 1. momentary, temporary, of short duration, short; impermanent, mortal, unenduring, fleeting, passing, fading; transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, monohemerous, monemerous, evanescent, ephemeral; mercurial, volatile,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 57brief — A concise and brief statement of authorities in various forms suitable to the purpose of counsel or the court, but, in a case on appeal, a more formal and conventional, but nevertheless concise presentation, in printing, typewriting, or writing,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 58brief — [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy , as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’,… …

    Word origins

  • 59brief — See: HOLD A BRIEF FOR, IN BRIEF or IN SHORT or IN A WORD …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 60brief — See: HOLD A BRIEF FOR, IN BRIEF or IN SHORT or IN A WORD …

    Dictionary of American idioms

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