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53 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• brief adj. Of short duration; happening quickly.
• brief adj. Concise; taking few words.
• brief adj. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
• brief adj. (Obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
• brief n. (Law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
• brief n. (Law) An answer to any action.
• brief n. (Law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
• brief n. (By extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
• brief n. (Law) An attorney’s legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
• brief n. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
• brief n. (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
• brief n. A short news story or report.
• brief n. (Usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
• brief n. (Obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
• brief n. (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution…
• brief n. (Slang) A ticket of any type.
• brief v. (Transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
• brief v. (Transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
• brief adv. (Obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
• brief adv. (Obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • brief n. Letter (written message).
• Hunsrik - Pennsylvania german
  • Brief n. Letter (written message).
• Middle french
  • brief adj. Brief; short.
• Old french
  • brief adj. Brief, short in length.
  • brief n. (Short) letter or statement.
• Pennsylvania german
  • Brief n. Package.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• brief bijv. Kort.

— English words, defined in French —

• brief adj. Court.
• brief n. Mandat.
• brief n. Instruction.
• brief v. Informer, expliquer (quelque chose à quelqu’un).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• brief s. Resumen.
• brief s. Minuta, informe.
• brief s. Slip.
• brief adj. Breve, conciso.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• brief adj. Breve, curto.
• brief adj. Conciso.
• brief adj. Estreito, curto.
• brief s. (Direito⚠) argumento legal de um advogado em forma escrita enviado para a corte.
• brief s. Notícia rápida, curta.
• brief s. (Obsoleto⚠) resumo.
• brief v. Sumarizar um fato recente para alguém que tem o poder de decisão.
• brief v. (Direito⚠) escrever um argumento legal e enviar para a corte.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• brief agg. Breve.

— In German —

• brief V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs briefen.
• Brief S. Geschriebene, verschlossene Mitteilung, die (meist gegen…

— In Dutch —

• brief n. Een geschreven bericht van een persoon naar een ander, meestal…
• brief w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van briefen.
• brief w. Gebiedende wijs van briefen.
• brief w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van briefen.

— In French —

• brief n.m. (Histoire) Laissez-passer délivré par la ferme générale…
• brief adj.m. (Vieilli) (Désuet) Graphie ancienne de bref.
• brief n.m. (Anglicisme) (Marketing) Documents listant les objectifs…

110 English words from 26 English definitions

abridgement abstract action advocacy and answer answer␣to any area argument attorney authority authorizing barrister Brief Briefly briefs By␣extension case charitable collection common Concise conducting contribution counsel court decision decision␣making delivered development distance duration English English␣law epitome extension extent fact few figurative for form from happening historical interest law legal legal␣action length letter letter␣patent making mandate material memorandum message news Obsolete Occupying official of␣interest one Package party patent person plural poetic points position power précis prevalent proper quickly recent relevant report Rife short slang small solicitor some Soon spatial statement story submission submit summarize summary summoning taking the ticket to␣the Transitive type underwear use Usually who with words writ write written

25 English words from 27 foreign definitions

Breve briefen chose Court des die Documents een ferme Informer Instruction Kort Laissez-passer legal les Marketing par para passer Person que Singular Slip van Verbs

71 foreign words from 27 foreign definitions

advogado Aktiv alguém ancienne ander Anglicisme argumento bericht Bij bref conciso corte curta curto decisão délivré Désuet Direito Eerste Eerste␣persoon em␣forma enkelvoud enviado enviar escrever escrita Estreito expliquer fato ferme␣générale forma Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs gegen générale geschreven Geschriebene Graphie Histoire Imperativ informe inversie la␣ferme Laissez listant Mandat meestal meist Minuta Mitteilung naar Notícia objectifs Obsoleto persoon poder Präsens quelque quelque␣chose rápida recente Resumen resumo tegenwoordige␣tijd tem tijd tweede tweede␣persoon verschlossene Vieilli wijs

35 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

briefe briefs briefed briefen briefer briefie briefly briefens briefers briefest briefies briefing briefish briefman briefmen briefable briefback briefcase briefened briefings briefless briefness briefbacks briefcased briefcases briefening brieflessly briefnesses briefcaseful briefing␣note briefcasefuls briefing␣notes brieflessness briefcase␣computer briefcase␣computers

45 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

debriefs rebriefs debriefed debriefer e-briefing misbriefs rebriefed sea␣briefs unbriefed backbriefs debriefers debriefing e-briefings misbriefed nonbriefed prebriefed rebriefing semibriefs swim␣briefs boxer-briefs boxer␣briefs debriefings misbriefing rebriefings tanga␣briefs trunk␣briefs undebriefed bikini␣briefs faggot␣briefs fully␣briefed jockey␣briefs midway␣briefs racing␣briefs telebriefing control␣briefs counterbriefs predebriefing telebriefings counterbriefed mynpachtbriefs postdebriefing counterbriefing counterbriefings Third␣World␣briefcase Third␣World␣briefcases

14 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

debrief in␣brief rebrief misbrief sea␣brief backbrief overbrief semibrief swim␣brief king's␣brief faggot␣brief control␣brief counterbrief mynpachtbrief

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Bri BRI brie Brie IEF rie Rie RIE rief

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eir EIR Fei IRB

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

FBIer fiber fibre

16 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

befoir bibref biffer bifter briefe briefs C␣fiber FBIers fibber Fibber fibers fibery fibred fibres Fimber frible

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bier brie Brie fier Fier -fier fire FIRE Frie rebi refi reif rief rife

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Brien brier Brier bries grief prief

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

brie Brie rief

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