"brief" meaning in Anglais

See brief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \bɹiːf\, \bɹiːf\, briːf Audio: En-us-brief.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-brief.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-brief.wav
  1. Court.
    Sense id: fr-brief-en-adj-EHwimmXj Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: concise Derived forms: in brief Related terms: brevity

Noun

IPA: \bɹiːf\, \bɹiːf\, briːf Audio: En-us-brief.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-brief.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-brief.wav Forms: briefs [plural]
  1. Mandat.
    Sense id: fr-brief-en-noun-QNAhGuJC
  2. Instruction.
    Sense id: fr-brief-en-noun-uPIzg~ZA
  3. Brève (information courte).
    Sense id: fr-brief-en-noun-vL0OQM7N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \bɹiːf\, \bɹiːf\, briːf Audio: En-us-brief.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-brief.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-brief.wav Forms: to brief [infinitive], briefs [present, third-person, singular], briefed [preterite], briefed [participle, past], briefing [participle, present]
  1. Informer, expliquer (quelque chose à quelqu’un).
    Sense id: fr-brief-en-verb-lNwRGM22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-brief.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-brief.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Connecticut (États-Unis)"
      ],
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}

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