brief
suomi-englanti sanakirjabrief englannista suomeksi
muistio, selonteko, katsaus
kirjelmä
lyhyt
tiedottaa, opastaa
Substantiivi
Verbi
brief englanniksi
Of short duration; happening quickly. (defdate)
(ux)
(RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It)
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
{{quote-journal|en|date=November 7, 2012|author=Matt Bai|title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/in-president-obamas-second-term-familiar-challenges.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Concise; taking few words. (defdate)
(quote-book)|chapter=Discoveries|title=The Works of Ben Jonson|volume=2|location=London|publisher=Richard Bishop|year_published=1641|passage=The briefe ſtyle is that which expreſſeth much in little.
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(quote-book)|isbn= 9780521847063 |passage= If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. (defdate)
1983, Robert Drewe, ''The Bodysurfers'', Penguin 2009, p. 17:
- On the beach he always wore a straw hat with a red band and a brief pair of leopard print trunks.
Rife; common; prevalent.
A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
An answer to any action.
1996, Japanese Rules of Civil Procedurehttps://web.archive.org/web/20201118131150/http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&vm=02&id=1846, Article 79, Section 1:
- A written answer or any other brief shall be submitted to the court while allowing a period necessary for the opponent to make preparations with regard to the matters stated therein.
A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
A position of interest or advocacy.
(quote-journal)
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.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
1589, Thomas Nashe, ''The Anatomie of Absurditie''https://archive.org/stream/cu31924013133727page/n92:
- (..) euen ſo it fareth with mee, who béeing about to anatomize Abſurditie, am vrged to take a view of ſundry mens vanitie, a ſuruey of their follie, a briefe of their barbariſme (..)
(quote-book)|chapter=A Wife|title=The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt. with Memoir of his Life|edition=tenth|location=London|publisher=W. Owen|year_published=1756|page=23|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49|passage=EACH woman is a brief of womankind, / And doth in little e’en as much contain, / As in one day and night all life we find ; / Of either more is but the ſame again (..)
A 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.The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Briefly.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
Soon; quickly.
(RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet)
letter (gloss)
(l) (gloss)
(l); short
(quote-book)|passage=A li brief al Conte enveié.|translation=He sent the letter to the Count.