What is the meaning of Brief?

Of short duration; happening quickly.

Concise; taking few words.

Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

Rife; common; prevalent.

A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.

An answer to any action.

A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.

A position of interest or advocacy.

An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.

The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.

A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.

A short news story or report.

underwear briefs.

A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.

A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

A ticket of any type.

To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.

To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

Briefly.

Soon; quickly.

letter (written message)

letter (written message)

swift

brief; short

brief, short in length

(short) letter or statement

Source: wiktionary.org