Sentence using word brief

Synonym: concise, curt, short, terse. Antonym: long, prolonged. Similar words: briefly, in brief, grief, die for, thief, relief, belief, chief of state. Meaning: [briːf]  n. 1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client’s case 2. a condensed written summary or abstract. v. give essential information to someone. adj. 1. of short duration or distance 2. concise and succinct 3. (of clothing) very short. 

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1 This is a brief outline of the events.

2 A brief summary is given on a separate sheet.

3 We had a brief honeymoon in Paris.

4 There was a brief pause in the conversation.

5 We stopped by Alice’s house for a brief visit.

6 He began with a brief introduction.

7 She makes all these points in her brief.

8 A few brief comments are sufficient for present purposes.

9 We took a brief walk around the old quarter.

10 He had only a brief sleep that night.

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12 She performed a brief mime.

13 A brief rest restored the traveler’s vigor.

14 His acceptance speech was mercifully brief.

15 He felt a brief flash of jealousy.

16 This is, of necessity, a brief and incomplete account.

17 A brief rest restored the traveller’s vigour.

18 Brief is life, but love is long.

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20 I’ll make a brief visit to California.

21 A brief, hand-written postscript lay beneath his signature.

22 What follows is a brief summary of the process.

23 C. Brief is life, but love is long.

24 He gave me a brief outline of what had happened.

25 The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.

26 He knocked on the door and after a brief interval it was opened.

27 Except for a brief Christian interlude at the beginning of the 11th century, Istanbul has been a Muslim city for almost 1300 years.

28 There was a brief ad for Mona Lisa skin lightener.

29 The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 

30 What is a man’s first duty? The answer is brief ; to be himself. 

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brief (adj): lasting only a short time or containing few words

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brief — перевод на русский

/briːf/

For a brief moment, between escape and death they were soldiers again.

На короткий момент между побегом и смертью они снова были солдатами.

Train these prisoners in as much of the behind-the-lines operations… as they can absorb in a brief but unspecified time.

В максимально короткий срок вы должны обучить их всех… ведению операций за линией фронта.

I too felt a brief surge of racial bigotry.

Я тоже почувствовал короткий приступ расовой ненависти.

A brief desire to trample something living.

Короткий порыв растоптать что-то живое.

And for a brief moment…

На короткий момент…

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I’ll be brief and to the point.

Буду краток и перейду к делу.

Baron, I’ll be brief.

Барон, я буду краток.

Mr. Wilson, I’ll be brief.

Мр. Уилсон, я буду краток.

You do not hang, I will be brief.

Не вешай трубку, я буду краток.

I will be brief, then.

Хорошо, я буду краток.

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You may proceed with your briefing.

Вы можете продолжить брифинг.

Jim why no briefing on this?

А брифинг?

Captain Decker requested I complete final science briefing here -before we leave on our mission.

Капитан Декер потребовал, чтобы я закончил здесь последний научный брифинг прежде чем мы уйдем на задание.

Briefing for Jeffrey Pelt, President’s National Security Adviser.

На брифинг Джеффри Пелта, советника Президента по безопасности.

-Who’s giving the briefing? -You are.

— Кто проводит брифинг?

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I’m sure we want to cooperate with Dr. Floyd as fully as possible and as there are no more questions, we ought to get on with the briefing.

Уверен, мы все готовы к тесному сотрудничеству с д-ром Флойдом и если нет других вопросов, то начнем совещание.

You don’t want to be late for your shift briefing and I’ve got a lot of cooking to do.

Ты же не хочешь опоздать на совещание смены, а мне надо многое приготовить.

Briefing in the Sit Room in 20 minutes.

Совещание в зале заседаний через 20 минут.

We’ll have a briefing by the Treasury on the market adjustment.

Привет. У нас будет совещание с министерством финансов о рыночном регулировании…

I’m surprised the briefing went as quickly as it did.

Я удивлен, что совещание прошло так быстро.

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And I was briefly at the taking of Termini

А взятие порта Термини? Я там был. Правда, недолго.

All too briefly.

Всё, слишком недолго.

Rocky Balboa, we wanna get a brief interview in with you.

Добрый день, Рокки Бальбоа. Мы хотим взять интервью. Это недолго.

— Alas, all too briefly.

— Увы, недолго.

The fellowship was a brief beginning a fair time that cannot be forgotten.

Наше братство было так недолго но это прекрасное время нельзя забыть.

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You’ve all been briefed on this morning’s run, so I won’t go over it.

Вы все прошли утренний инструктаж, так что не буду повторяться.

You will arrive tomorrow at 1600 for briefing.

Завтра в 16:00 Вам надо прибыть на инструктаж.

Assuming I get the President’s authorisation,… .. the mission briefing will be at 0800 hours.

Только после получения разрешения президента… ..инструктаж в 8.00.

Briefing at 0800 tomorrow.

Инструктаж завтра в 08:00.

I’ll start over. We’re briefing people. To my right, Major Noah, who’s in charge of the rescue unit.

Мы проводим инструктаж, рядом со мной — майор Ноах, командир спасательной части.

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Don’t worry, we won’t take the brief, but an old friend needs help.

Не беспокойтесь, я не возьму это дело, просто Мэйхью давний друг, ему нужна помощь.

Bring that brief to jo ann.

Отнеси дело Джоан.

What, of another brief?

Что, другое дело?

You haven’t even read the brief.

Вы даже не читали дело.

Because the judge ruled on my brief today, and the class action suit against winslow… has been dismissed.

Судья сегодня вел мое дело, и ходатайство против Уинслоу было отклонено.

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As a matter of fact, I was just about to brief him when you rang.

По правде говоря, я как раз хотел проинформировать его, когда вы позвонили.

We are obliged to brief this doctor on the disappearance of Victor Foxtrot.

Мы обязаны проинформировать этого доктора об исчезновении Виктор Фокстрот.

He wants you to brief him.

Он хочет, чтобы вы, чтобы проинформировать его.

I’ll brief you on the way to your aircraft.

Раз с вами все в порядке, сэр, то я хочу проинформировать вас по пути к вашему самолету.

I need to brief you, and they won’t leave your office.

Мне надо проинформировать тебя и они не покинут твой кабинет.

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We’re just paying him a brief call.

Мы к нему ненадолго.

Veranderding went back briefly during summer vacation.

Я заезжал домой ненадолго в летние каникулы.

I’ll be brief, I have to pick up my daughter.

Я ненадолго: мне нужно забрать дочь.

We’ve had to shut down… all Group-7 personnel… just briefly.

Мы закрыли доступ для всех сотрудников с уровнем 7… Ненадолго. Из соображений безопасности.

Briefly, for the sake of the girls.

Ненадолго, ради девочек.

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When I came back, for this was brief I found them close together at blow and thrust even as again they were when you yourself did part them.

Я, вернувшись, — А все это происходило быстро, — Застал их в схватке — ранят, бьют друг друга, Как и при вас, когда вы их разняли.

I do hope the search will be brief, Mr. Advisor.

Надеюсь, поиск завершится быстро, советник.

Vlsiting time was brief.

Время свидания пролетало быстро.

They are shadows, as we are shadows, briefly walking the earth, and soon gone.

Они — тени, все мы — тени, быстро идущие по земле, и быстро уходящие.

Before you came, I looked down. I thought: It’s so easy to die, so brief.

Перед вашим приходом я стояла на этом балконе и думала, что умереть можно быстро и просто.

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English Collocation


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Used with verbs:

«This meeting will be brief.«
(will be, be: was)

«Please keep your questions brief.«
(keep, make)

Used with adverbs:

«Our vacation was extremely brief.«
(extremely, fairly, very)

«Today’s meeting was relatively brief.«
(relatively, comparatively)

Used with nouns:

«We were given a brief account of what happened.«
(account, answer, description, explanation)

«He made a brief appearance on the show.«
(appearance)

«She had a brief career in singing.«
(career)

«They had a brief discussion about politics.«
(discussion, exchange, meeting, talk)

«They started the show after a brief introduction.«
(introduction, ceremony)

«She gave a brief outline on the issue.«
(outline, overview, statement, speech, summary)

«They had a brief relationship.«
(relationship, romance)

«For a brief moment, I thought I was having a dream.«
(moment, second)

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Sentences with the word Brief?

Brief

Examples

  • «an abbreviated swimsuit»; «a brief bikini»
  • «the explanation was very simple»; «I expected a brief account»
  • «Anyhow, he is dead now»; «I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet»; «I don’t know what happened to it; anyway, it’s gone»; «anyway, there is another factor to consider»; «I don’t know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle»; «in any event, the government faced a serious protest»; «but at any rate he got a knighthood for it»
  • «the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period»; «it was Bernhardt’s last appearance in America»
  • «a brief stay in the country»
  • «covered the matter in a brief statement»
  • «The troops carried the town after a brief fight»
  • «too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures»; «the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland»; «the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters»
  • «a short and compendious book»; «a compact style is brief and pithy»; «succinct comparisons»; «a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject»
  • «there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed»
  • «its was a brief and intense courtship»
  • «he still remembers their meeting in Paris»; «there was a brief encounter in the hallway»
  • «his answers were brief, constrained and evasive»; «an evasive statement»
  • «there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing»
  • «brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom»
  • «the nomination was brief and to the point»
  • «the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences»
  • «the game was interrupted by a brief shower»
  • «tangible evidence»; «his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor»
  • «the play had a long run on Broadway»; «the team enjoyed a brief run of victories»
  • «he got a taste of life on the wild side»; «she enjoyed her brief taste of independence»
  • «on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment»

Use the word brief in a sentence. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use brief in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for brief.

  • There was my brief! (10)
  • A brief silence ensued. (12)
  • Such, in brief, was Tom. (6)
  • She gave him a brief reply. (4)
  • The lady was growing brief. (10)
  • There ensued a brief pause. (13)
  • His reply was low and brief. (10)
  • Her tone was brief; not reassuring. (10)
  • I have obeyed your brief directions. (10)
  • She held a brief for her beloved Ireland. (10)
  • The career of Séguier was brief and bloody. (2)
  • Give a brief résumé of the Council of Trent. (3)
  • James himself had given him his first brief. (8)
  • This is in brief the story of the Guidascarpi. (10)
  • His brief sketch of the creature was repulsive. (10)
  • They punish you in acts: their steps are brief. (10)
  • He was laconic; what he said was brief and sharp. (12)
  • After a brief horrid hesitation, she chose to face Wilfrid. (10)
  • Why, those brief words were the poetry of noble confidence! (10)
  • The brief lines of writing had cut away a lump of her vitality. (10)
  • This happiness was like most others, destined to be a brief one. (6)
  • I drew a brief picture of my state, and asked him what I was to do. (2)
  • It was a brief document, considering the importance of its contents. (13)
  • She said it without sighing: nor was her speech mournful, only brief. (10)
  • At first surgery had attracted him, but that attraction had been brief. (12)
  • In brief, trial by jury was abolished only when it had provoked anarchy. (7)
  • The history of this great disaster to the Union arms is brief and simple. (7)
  • The letter succeeding the omission contained no excuse, and it was brief. (10)
  • But the path they chose robbed her of the hope of a quite brief interview. (12)
  • Shed thy withered grief – But hold not Autumn to thy bale; The eddy of the leaf Must be brief! (10)
  • Brief notes on the journalistic work of the writers are given in the Appendix. (16)
  • Countess Ammiani wrote brief letters from Luino and Pallanza on Lago Maggiore. (10)
  • The fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality. (9)
  • He had delayed his return, and there had been none of his brief communications. (10)
  • Montcalm, seeing the sands of his life fast running out, despatched a brief reply. (19)
  • We must not write like Clarendon now, even if we could; our sentences must be brief. (2)
  • Now, then, for one last brief explanation, and I leave Munich, never to see her more. (6)
  • Twain made a brief reply which the interpreter translated into a marvellous hunting yarn. (21)
  • The rain still continued, and after a brief pause at Linz we paddled on in search of a camp. (20)
  • Vernon was brief, Corney had not let fly a single anecdote, he said, and lighted his candle. (10)
  • The reaction from our brief but busy visit to Lauingen put us in rather a quiet frame of mind. (20)
  • True conservative policy is not an anodyne hiding away our evil from us in a brief forgetfulness. (14)
  • A brief struggle ensued, the woman trying to free herself, and the man half coaxing, half scolding. (9)
  • After a brief exchange of words your son gave him money again, gold-pieces as well as a bank note. (12)
  • The newspapers, as Hamlet observes of the players, are the abstracts and brief chronicles of the time. (16)
  • In brief, they must try to arouse his horror, or indignation, or pity, or simply his lust for slaughter. (16)
  • She turned to him, and, This you seek is gone; Look in, she said, as pants the furnace, brief, Frost-white. (10)
  • The good news had changed him wonderfully, even in this brief hour, erasing already some lines from his face. (13)
  • After a brief but very animated colloquy, Tom returned, and informed that that all was right; he had secured Daly. (6)
  • He talks almost unceasingly from morning until night in brief but lucid descriptions of the assembly of oddities. (21)
  • The captain was as brief, in ordinary words, whose quick run to the stop could be taken for a challenge of the eye. (10)
  • If, for a brief succession of days, performances have to be abandoned, profits are consumed with a ruining rapidity. (21)
  • He entered into that brief but intense intimacy with the Laphams which the sympathetic architect holds with his clients. (9)
  • The letter was brief, and said simply that the act of which Laxley had been accused, Evan Harrington was responsible for. (10)
  • He had come to Cambridge to see it through the press, and he remained there four or five years, with certain brief absences. (9)
  • As for instance to-day, when he had suspected his client of perjury, and was almost convinced that he must throw up his brief. (8)
  • The note was from Mrs. Blathenoy: she begged Captain Dartrey, in double underlinings of her brief words, to mount the stairs. (10)
  • My enforced residence on the island was, however, too brief to enable me to master the whole subject as I should have liked to do. (7)
  • The two feasts are so near together in point of time that they could be easily covered by the sentiment of even a brief narrative. (9)
  • The occasion was not one for critical judgment, but in the course of his brief speech he made a felicitous point on sonnet writing. (14)
  • It was hardly profitable to be curious about guns which had the trick of the cuttle-fish, and the season of observation had been brief. (1)
  • A brief colloquy between them is going on; the young man seems to be preferring some request which the elder one is indisposed to grant. (1)
  • The latter delivered a brief essay on Gallic blood; the former maintained that Frenchmen were the best judges of their own ways and deeds. (10)
  • The brief invitation had been spread over two pages, and the Colonel had difficulties with the signature which he did not instantly surmount. (9)
  • They were brief, clear and remarkable, not only for their unimpeachable justice, but for their conformity to the fundamental principles of law. (7)
  • One day, shortly after their return to town in the autumn from the brief summer outing they permitted themselves, the Marches met Margaret Vance. (9)
  • Many scraps written by him in circumstances like these used to exist; some of them, though brief, were rich in the simple eloquence of indignation. (2)
  • Those two talking together in the brief words of their deep feeling, had tones that were singularly alike: the mezzo-soprano filial to the divine maternal contralto. (10)

Also see sentences for: abstract, concise, contracted, ephemeral, epitome, precept, sententious.

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