brief

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for brief

brief 🔊 /bɹiˈf/

brief : කොට

brief : ලුහුජු

brief : සකෙවු

brief : කෙටි

brief : නඩුපිටපත

brief : විස්තර සපයනවා

brief : ලුහුජු සටහන

brief : සාරාංශය

brief : සැකෙව්

brief : සංක්ෂිප්ත

brief : නඩු ගොනුව

brief : සංක්ෂේපය

brief : උපදෙස් දෙනවා

brief : ලිපි සටහන

brief : ක්ෂණික

brief : අචීර

brief : නඩු කොපිය

brief definition

Adjective.

  1. Short in duration.
  2. Concise; terse; succinct.
  3. Rife; common; prevalent.
  4. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
  5. An epitome.
  6. An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
  7. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.

Adverb.

  1. Briefly.
  2. Soon; quickly.

Noun.

  1. A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
  2. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

Transitive verb. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.