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Word: Brief
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
briːf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task
Short Definition:instruct or inform thoroughly
Examples:- she briefed him on last week's decisions
Definition:
instruct (a barrister) by brief.
Short Definition:instruct barrister
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