brief

1. 1.

   a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

   Synonymslegal brief

   Broaderlegal document

   Narroweramicus curiae brief

   law

2. 2.

   a condensed written summary or abstract

   Broaderoutline

1. 1.

   give essential information to someone

   “The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade”

   Broaderinstruct

Other forms of brief

plural

briefs·

past tense

briefed·

present participle

briefing·

comparative

briefer·

superlative

briefest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about brief

What does brief mean?

brief means "of short duration or distance". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brief?

brief has 1 syllable: brief. In IPA it is /ˈbɹif/.

What is another word for brief?

Close synonyms include abbreviated, legal brief. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brief a common word?

brief is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with brief?

1 word rhymes with brief. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.