Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BRIEF

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Definitions of BRIEF

1. A short news story or report.
2. Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
3. Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
4. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
5. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
6. (legal) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
7. (legal) An answer to any action.
8. (legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
9. (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
10. (legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
11. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
12. (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
13. (usually, in the plural) underwear briefs.
14. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
15. (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
16. (slang) A ticket of any type.
17. (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
18. (transitive, legal) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
19. (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
20. (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

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