brief
- Adjective. Of short duration; happening quickly. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
- Adjective. Concise; taking few words. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
- Adjective. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Noun. (legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- Noun. (informal) A short news story or report.
- Noun. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
- Verb. (transitive) To knowledgeably summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
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