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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. brief

    A sketch is a rough, suggestive presentation of anything, whether graphic or literary, commonly intended to be preliminary to a more complete or extended treatment. An outline gives only the bounding or determining lines of a figure or a scene; a sketch may give not only lines, but shading and color, but is hasty and incomplete. The lines of a sketch are seldom so full and continuous as those of an outline, being, like the shading or color, little more than indications or suggestions according to which a finished picture may be made; the artist's first representation of a sunset, the hues of which change so rapidly, must of necessity be a sketch. Draft and plan apply especially to mechanical drawing, of which outline, sketch, and drawing are also used; a plan is strictly a view from above, as of a building or machine, giving the lines of a horizontal section, originally at the level of the ground, now in a wider sense at any height; as, a plan of the cellar; a plan of the attic. A mechanical drawing is always understood to be in full detail; a draft is an incomplete or unfinished drawing; a design is such a preliminary sketch as indicates the object to be accomplished or the result to be attained, and is understood to be original. One may make a drawing of any well-known mechanism, or a drawing from another man's design; but if he says, "The design is mine," he claims it as his own invention or composition. In written composition an outline gives simply the main divisions, and in the case of a sermon is often called a skeleton; a somewhat fuller suggestion of illustration, treatment, and style is given in a sketch. A lawyer's brief is a succinct statement of the main facts involved in a case, and of the main heads of his argument on points of law, with reference to authorities cited; the brief has none of the vagueness of a sketch, being sufficiently exact and complete to form, on occasion, the basis for the decision of the court without oral argument, when the case is said to be "submitted on brief." Compare DESIGN.

    Synonyms:
    design, draft, drawing, outline, picture, plan, skeleton, sketch

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. brief, legal briefnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    legal brief, brief

    Antonyms:
    long, prolix

  2. briefadjective

    a condensed written summary or abstract

    Synonyms:
    legal brief

    Antonyms:
    long, prolix

  3. briefadjective

    of short duration or distance

    "a brief stay in the country"

    Synonyms:
    abbreviated

    Antonyms:
    long, prolix

  4. briefadjective

    concise and succinct

    "covered the matter in a brief statement"

    Synonyms:
    abbreviated

    Antonyms:
    long, prolix

  5. abbreviated, briefverb

    (of clothing) very short

    "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

    Synonyms:
    truncated, shortened, abbreviated, brief

    Antonyms:
    prolix, long

  6. briefverb

    give essential information to someone

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

    Antonyms:
    prolix, long

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. briefadjective

    Synonyms:
    short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT

  2. briefadjective

    Synonyms:
    transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral

  3. briefnoun

    Synonyms:
    epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus

  4. briefnoun

    Synonyms:
    pontifical letter, papal rescript

  5. briefnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Law.) writ, precept

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. briefadjective

    Synonyms:
    short-lived, ephemeral, transient, transitory, terse, concise, short

  2. briefnoun

    Synonyms:
    breviary, epitome, summary, writ, precept, breve

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How to use BRIEF in a sentence?

  1. Ajit Pai:

    On advice of security, we need to take a brief recess.

  2. Mike Steenhoek:

    The worry is that this could be a very brief relaxation of restrictions, just a temporary reprieve.

  3. Yale University:

    It's key to give them the level of information they want at the level of their request, comfort, explain and let it go. It can be really very brief.

  4. Stan Wong:

    The North American markets look fatigued, and a brief pause may be in order, both the S&P 500 and the TSX have been approaching overbought conditions from a technical perspective, and we are trading at the higher end of historical valuation ranges.

  5. Remi Jouty:

    I can't speculate on what was happening inside his head; all I can say is that he changed this button to the minimum setting of 100 feet and he did it several times, these very brief actions on the previous flight were a sort of rehearsal of the manoeuvre.


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