brief
of short duration or distance
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,707 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,608 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of short duration or distance a brief stay in the country
- concise and succinct covered the matter in a brief statement
- (of clothing) very short also: abbreviated an abbreviated swimsuita brief bikini
noun
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case also: legal brief
- a condensed written summary or abstract
verb
- give essential information to someone The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade
brief in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was brief and to the point.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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The needed addition--this much at least chiming with good luck--is brief.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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He was just then completing a brief inventory of all the papers found in the old desk.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In brief, the cruel god doth never from me go, But makes my lasting love eternal with my woe.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1