adjective / noun / verb
brief
BREEF/briːf/
Short in length and limited to essentials.
A brief flash of lightning lights the cloud.
Etymology
Latin brevis expresses shortness or small extent. In this sense of brief, that small extent is measured in time: something lasts only a little while.
In context
if the seizure was single and it was for brief time then there is no need of giving anti-convulsion drugs
More examples
- The lawyer files a brief with the appeals court.
- The supervisor briefs the crew before each shift.
- Their brief visit lasts only twenty minutes.
Forms
brief · briefs · briefed · briefing · briefer · briefest
Similar words
- concise
- Concise means expressed without unnecessary words; brief can refer simply to short duration.