Definition of brief

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Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.

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Brief :: Brief (adv.) Briefly.
Breviloquence :: Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.
Lengthy :: Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like..
Comedietta :: Comedietta (n.) A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract..
Brief :: Brief (adv.) Soon; quickly.
Briefless :: Briefless (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister..
Epitaph :: Epitaph (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis..
Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..
Span :: Span (v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time..
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Telegrammic :: Telegrammic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief..
Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..
Creed :: Creed (v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive..
Concisely :: Concisely (adv.) In a concise manner; briefly.
Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..
Concise :: Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)
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