Synonyms for brief
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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

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1. brief, legal briefnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   legal 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

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

6. briefverb

   give essential information to someone

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

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

Matched Categories

1. • Instruct
   • Law
   • Legal Document

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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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. briefadjective

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

2. briefnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "brief":

   short, briefly, concise, succinct, summary, writ, anyway, writs, memory, bref, inform, quick, factum, short-term, short-lived, mémoire, anyways, letter, short-, nutshell, memorandum, brefs

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1. Horace:

   Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)

2. John Sawers:

   There is deep anger in America at what they see as having been inflicted on us all by China and China is evading a good deal of responsibility for the origin of the virus, for failing to deal with it initially, intelligence is about acquiring information which has been concealed from you by other states and other actors, there was a brief period in December and January when the Chinese were indeed concealing this from the West.

3. Dave Lewis:

   If you look at the CEO as being the best shopkeeper in the team, it's the wrong brief, he's got loads of retail experience, he's got loads of wholesale experience, he understands brands and he understands customers and he's super smart.

4. Fox News:

   Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter, i have never retained him, received an invoice or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective. I assumed those questions were confidential, but to be absolutely clear they never involved any matter between me and a third party.

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.