brief

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of short duration; happening quickly.
2. Concise; taking few words.
3. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
4. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

Noun

1. A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
2. An answer to any action.
3. A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
4. A position of interest or advocacy.
5. An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
6. The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
7. (slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
8. A short news story or report.
9. underwear briefs.
10. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
11. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
12. (slang) A ticket of any type.

Verb

1. To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
2. To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Briefly.
2. (obsolete) Soon; quickly.

Concepts

bref

court

concis

laconique

succinct

succint

brève

instruire

mandat

consigne

briefer

instructions

résumé

sommaire

cahier des charges

cause

boncis

mettre au fait

donner des instructions

faire un rapport

informer sur une affaire

dossier

passager

transitoire

momentané

éphémère

informer

directives

consigne de traduction

lettre

épître

babillarde

bafouille

correspondance

missive

petit

aider

mener

compendieux

de courte durée

succinte

brusque

lapidaire

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɹiːf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of merry.