2020-05-22

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  brief
/brēf/

adjective
    of short duration.
        - "He'd asked to be allowed just one visit, one brief encounter with Angel."
    Synonyms: short, flying, fleeting, hasty, hurried, quick, cursory, perfunctory, temporary, short-lived, momentary, transient, quickie

noun
    a concise statement or summary.
        - "their comments were cribbed right from industry briefs"
    Synonyms: outline, summary, synopsis, précis, sketch, digest

verb
    instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task.
        - "Lucky Tahlia got to sit through my cursing and weariness as she directed and briefed me."
    Synonyms: inform, tell, update, notify, advise, apprise, prepare, prime, instruct, fill in, clue in, put in the picture

Synonyms
    adjective
        - concise, succinct, short, pithy, incisive, abridged, condensed, compressed, abbreviated, compact, thumbnail, capsule, potted, compendious
        - brusque, abrupt, curt, short, blunt, sharp
        - short, flying, fleeting, hasty, hurried, quick, cursory, perfunctory, temporary, short-lived, momentary, transient, quickie
        - skimpy, scanty, short, revealing
        - abbreviated

    noun
        - outline, summary, synopsis, précis, sketch, digest
        - summary, case, argument, contention, dossier

    verb
        - inform, tell, update, notify, advise, apprise, prepare, prime, instruct, fill in, clue in, put in the picture

Examples
    - Over the past year anyone with a brief to invest in, say, small companies or commodities would have naturally outperformed.

    - We're going to brief you later on on who didn't get nominated and all that.

    - An image of Liza surfaced in his mind for a brief second and her words of their last interaction echoed in his head.

    - The briefwas to produce something that could be turned into a tattoo - something with not too much fine detail.

    - Chief executives of government authorities often complain that they are not given an unambiguous brief with clear mandates and a single objective.

    - A cheerful female gorilla garbed in a brief shirt and a halter top stood at a podium.

    - The three groups in the brief sided with the British during World War II.

    - APA has filed an amicus brief in support of the policy.

    - After receiving an informative brief on the testing process given by the warrant officer, the staff were counted.

    - He seemed to sense this and gave her a hug whispering brief words of comfort to her.

    - The information is brief and concise, and gives the reader a general overview of the various organ systems.

    - His blank expression broke into a brief</b
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    - They made us sit on seats and Nina began to brief us with the projector showing us the information.

    - Once we get a brief from a client there is a research stage and a brainstorming session.

    - A few brief words about the move to Skaggerak in 1902.

    - God, how she wished she were wearing something more than her brief underwear.

    - A brief interchange of words resulted in the unanimous decision to escape as soon as possible.

    - A brief visit to the temple in the house completes his morning routine before breakfast with the family.

    - The knight gave a brief nod at Pher's words, expressionless.

    - In the interests of simplicity and keeping things as open as possible, it has been decided to go for an open brief with only a few key guidelines.

    - If you'll inform Crane as soon as possible, we can brief him and get him on the inside ASAP.

    - They'd brief us if there were any serious threats.

    - He stayed with the company until 1994, where his experiences bled into the brief behind Theatre Absolute.

    - He paused for the brief spattering of polite applause that followed.

    - When we receive a brief from a casting director, we go through our book of models and put forward who we think is suitable for the job.

    - This retained a lot of the edginess that you might associate with the band whilst adding the elements that was required from the original brief.

    - Only then does the audience have its brief opportunity to launch incisive ripostes into the heart of the thesis.

    - He felt that the brief was too abstract.

    - Intervention messages should contain simple and brief information and avoid complexity.

    - What we all hoped - and actually, it was all part of the brief- that it would be political.