brief

brief is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, adverb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Short in duration. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Short in duration.
2. adjective. Concise; terse; succinct.
3. adjective. Rife; common; prevalent.
4. adverb. Briefly.
5. adverb. Soon; quickly.
6. adjective. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
7. adjective. An epitome.
8. adjective. An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
9. adjective. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
10. noun. A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
11. noun. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
12. transitive verb. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.
13. noun. a condensed written summary or abstract
14. noun. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
15. verb. give essential information to someone

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

16. adjective. concise and succinct

    "covered the matter in a brief statement"

17. adjective. (of clothing) very short

    "an abbreviated swimsuit"

    "a brief bikini"

    Synonyms: abbreviated

18. adjective. of short duration or distance

    "a brief stay in the country"

Synonyms

abbreviated

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in brief:

bifer, fiber, fibre

Common word forms

briefs, briefed, briefer, briefly, briefest, briefing, briefless, briefness

Words from these letters

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