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brief
noun
1 brief
A document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case.
synonym: legal brief.
Roget 596:
compend,
compendium;
abstract,
precis,
epitome,
multum in parvo [Lat.],
analysis,
pandect†,
digest,
sum and substance,
brief,
abridgment,
summary,
apercu,
draft,
minute,
note;
excerpt;
synopsis,
textbook,
conspectus,
outlines,
syllabus,
contents,
heads,
prospectus.
album;
scrap book,
note book,
memorandum book,
commonplace book;
extracts,
excerpta†,
cuttings;
fugitive pieces,
fugitive writing;
spicilegium†,
flowers,
anthology,
collectanea†,
analecta†;
compilation.
recapitulation,
resume,
review.
abbreviation,
abbreviature†;
contraction;
shortening
etc.
201;
compression
etc.
195.
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Roget 594:
description,
account,
statement,
report;
expose
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
specification,
particulars;
state of facts,
summary of facts;
brief
etc.
(abstract)
596;
return
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.]
etc.
(list)
86;
guidebook
etc.
(information)
527.
delineation
etc.
(representation)
554;
sketch;
monograph;
minute account,
detailed particular account,
circumstantial account,
graphic account;
narration,
recital,
rehearsal,
relation.
historiography†,
chronography†;
historic Muse,
Clio;
history;
biography,
autobiography;
necrology,
obituary.
narrative,
history;
memoir,
memorials;
annals
etc.
(chronicle)
551;
saga;
tradition,
legend,
story,
tale,
historiette†;
personal narrative,
journal,
life,
adventures,
fortunes,
experiences,
confessions;
anecdote,
ana†,
trait.
work of fiction,
novel,
romance,
Minerva press;
fairy tale,
nursery tale;
fable,
parable,
apologue†;
dime novel,
penny dreadful,
shilling shocker relator
etc.
v.;
raconteur,
historian
etc.
(recorder)
553;
biographer,
fabulist†,
novelist.
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2 brief
A condensed written summary or abstract.
verb
1 brief
Give essential information to someone.
adjective
1 brief
Of short duration or distance.
Roget 111:
transient,
transitory,
transitive;
passing,
evanescent,
fleeting,
cursory,
short-lived,
ephemeral;
flying
etc.
v.;
fugacious,
fugitive;
shifting,
slippery;
spasmodic;
instantaneous,
momentaneous†.
temporal,
temporary;
provisional,
provisory;
deciduous;
perishable,
mortal,
precarious,
unstable,
insecure;
impermanent.
brief,
quick,
brisk,
extemporaneous,
summary;
pressed for time
etc.
(haste)
684;
sudden,
momentary
etc.
(instantaneous)
113.
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Roget 572:
concise,
brief,
short,
terse,
close;
to the point,
exact;
neat,
compact;
compressed,
condensed,
pointed;
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant,
summary;
pregnant;
compendious
etc.
(compendium)
596;
succinct;
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp;
sententious.
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Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Polish: chwilowy
2 brief
3 brief
of clothing Very short:
— A brief bikini.
synonym: abbreviated.
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