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brief BrE / briːf /  NAmE / briːf / Native audio playback is not supported. brief(adjective)BrE / briːf /  NAmE / briːf / lasting only a short time; shorta brief visit/meeting/conversationa brief pause/silenceMozart's life was brief.using few wordsa brief description/summary/accountPlease be brief (= say what you want to say quickly).short and not covering much of the bodySee related entries: Describing clotheshttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_clothes/briefa brief skirtin a few words, without detailsIn brief, the meeting was a disaster.Now the rest of the news in brief.Extra ExamplesCould you make it brief? I’ve got a meeting in ten minutes.I promised to be brief.The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas.David gave me a brief summary of what was said at the meeting.He began with a brief introduction.Mozart’s life was brief.Please be brief.Saunders’s lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court.Sean gave a brief glance at the screen.The author makes only a brief mention of the role of Japan in this period.The leaflet provides a brief description of the changes to the benefits system.The prime minister is due to make a brief visit to South Korea.There was a brief silence after I made my announcement.Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’.

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(adjective) a brief visit/meeting/conversationa brief pause/silencemozart's life was brief.a brief description/summary/account Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brief This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	brief
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	BrE / briːf / NAmE / briːf /
Example	a brief visit/meeting/conversation a brief pause/silence mozart's life was brief. a brief description/summary/account
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brief
Content	brief (adjective)BrE / briːf / NAmE / briːf / lasting only a short time; short a brief visit/meeting/conversation a brief pause/silence Mozart's life was brief. using few words a brief description/summary/account Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly). short and not covering much of the body See related entries: Describing clothes https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_clothes/brief a brief skirt in a few words, without details In brief, the meeting was a disaster. Now the rest of the news in brief. Extra Examples Could you make it brief? I’ve got a meeting in ten minutes. I promised to be brief. The diary entries were tantalizingly brief. The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour. This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas. David gave me a brief summary of what was said at the meeting. He began with a brief introduction. Mozart’s life was brief. Please be brief. Saunders’s lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court. Sean gave a brief glance at the screen. The author makes only a brief mention of the role of Japan in this period. The leaflet provides a brief description of the changes to the benefits system. The prime minister is due to make a brief visit to South Korea. There was a brief silence after I made my announcement. Word Origin Middle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Briːf Life Short Adjective Bre Visit/Meeting/Conversation Pause/Silence Mozart's

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