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.

  1. A short papal letter.

    A short papal letter.

    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)

    inflection of briefen:

    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

    first-person singular present indicative

    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

    imperative

    swift

    brief; short

    brief, short in length

    (short) letter or statement

    Source: wiktionary.org