brief

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

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