Definizione monolingua

brief

brief (third-person singular simple present briefs, present participle briefing, simple past and past participle briefed)

1. (transitive) To knowledgeably summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.

   The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.

2. (transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

brief (plural briefs)

1. (law) An attorneys legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
2. (informal) A short news story or report.
   • We got a news brief.
3. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
   • 1589 Thomas Nashe, The Anatomie of Absurditie 5:

     A survey of their follie, a briefe of their barbarisme.

brief (comparative more brief, superlative most brief)

1. Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
2. Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
3. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
   • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 17:

     On the beach he always wore a straw hat with a red band and a brief pair of leopard print trunks.

Definizione dizionario brief

	breve
	of short duration
	concise

conciso

corto

compendio

informare

mutande

piccolo

riassumere

riassunto

sommario

succinto

trafiletto

transitorio

Altri significati:

(transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.

(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.

Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]

(legal) brief

a short news story or report

(transitive) To knowledgeably summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

(informal) A short news story or report.