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Word: Brief
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’
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Phonetic Spelling:
briːf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
of short duration; not lasting for long
Short Definition:of short duration
Examples:- he made a brief visit to Paris to attend two concerts
Definition:
(of a piece of clothing) not covering much of the body; scanty
Short Definition:(of clothing) scanty
Examples:- a pair of extremely brief black shorts
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