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briefadjective marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaninga brief but crucial admonition to keep quiet aphoristic, apothegmatic, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical(or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail abrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), short, snippety, snippyabbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortenedmeaty, substantialmeaningful, significantwell-turned circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologousenlarged, expanded, supplementedembellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated not lasting for a considerable timefortunately, the meeting was brief fast, little, short shortishabbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut-back, shortened, syncopatedcompact, condensedabrupt, suddenephemeral, fleeting, momentary, short-lived, transient, transitoryimpermanentcompendious, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, laconic, pithy, succinct, summary, terseshort-range, short-term extended, far, great, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out(or long-drawn), long-lived endless, everlasting, interminable, persistent, unendinglongish, overlong, prolonged, protractedpermanentenlarged, expanded, supplementedlong-range, long-term lasting only for a short timea brief flash of light deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory little, short, shortishacting, interim, provisional, short-term ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending lifelongcontinuing, durable, persistentimperishable, indefectible, indestructible a short statement of the main pointsa one-page brief of the intelligence report abstract, breviary, capsule, conspectus, digest, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé(or resume also resumé), roundup, run-through, rundown, sum, sum-up, summa, summarization, summary, summing-up, synopsis, wrap-up abbreviation, abridgment(or abridgement), compend, compendium, condensation, curtailment, shorteningsimplification, streamliningrehash, repriseconclusion, epilogue(also epilog) amplification, enlargement, expansionaddendum, supplement a specific task with which a person or group is chargedthe soldiers' brief was to secure the village from enemy attacks assignment, business, charge, detail, job, mission, operation, post burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibilityerrand, labor, workcommitment, pledge, promiseappointment, commission, designation, nominationcompulsion, constraint, restraint to give information tothe lieutenant briefed his superior officers on the state of the enemy's fortifications acquaint, advise, apprise, catch up, clear, clue (in), enlighten, familiarize, fill in, hip, inform, instruct, tell, verse, wise (up) advertise, alert, notifyannounce (to), disclose (to)assure, certify, convince, reassure, warranteducate, lecture, school, teach, tutordisabuse, disenchant, disillusion, undeceive keep (someone) posted, let someone know misinform, mislead to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)his duties include briefing intelligence reports for the president abstract, boil down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, reprise, sum up, summarize, synopsize, wrap up abridge, condense, curtail, cut back, shortendownsize, shrinkconcentrate, consolidatedecoct, essentializesimplify, streamline elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractamplify, elaborate (on or upon), enlarge (on or upon), expand, supplement in the 14th century |