- Short in duration. - Concise; terse; succinct. - Rife; common; prevalent. - A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. - An epitome. - An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made
out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is
applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. - A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
2 . Brief
[ adv.]
- Briefly. - Soon; quickly.
3 . Brief
[ n.]
- A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge
ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to
inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence. - A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a
collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any
public or private purpose.
4 . Brief
[ v. t.]
- To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to
brief pleadings.
Meaning of 'Brief' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . brief
[ v]
Meaning (1): - give essential information to someone
Example in sentence:
The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade
Debriefing Debriefing is a procedure at the conclusion of a research session in which participants are given full information about the nature of the
Strategic debriefing Strategic debriefing— Debriefing activity conducted to collect information or to verify previously collected information in response to national or theater ...
Joint interrogation and debriefing center Joint interrogation and debriefing center means physical location for the exploitation of intelligence information from detainees and other sources. Also called JIDC.