In brief, you should have accepted the responsibility.
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Brief
//bɹiːf//
Synonyms for "brief" (257 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
compendcompendiouscompendiumcompressedconciselycondensationcondensecondensedcondensed versionconferconspectusconsult withcontractedcounselcrispcrustycursorycurtcurtailedcurtal
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Related words (128)
instantaneousinstructinstructionkibitzlaconicleave wordlet knowlinelittlelowmeddlementionmention tometeoricminutesmomentarymummutenotifynutshell
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opinionoutlineoverviewpandectpassingpilot trainingpilotshippithypointedpostprecispreengageprepareprescribeprimeproceedingsproposeprunedquickquietrecommendrecordrecruitreportreservereservedresumeretainreturnsreviewroughrough inrough outrubricrun downrun throughrundownsend wordsententiousserve noticeshort and sweetshort-livedshort-termshort-termedshortenshortenedshortened versionsign onsign upsign up forsilentskeletonsketchsketch outsnippysnugsparing of wordsspartanspeakspeechlessspeedystatementsubmitsuccinctsuccinctlysuggestsummarizesummarysurveyswiftsyllabussynopsissynopsizesynopsizedsynoptictaciturntake into employmenttake ontallytelltemporarytersethe recordthumbnail sketchtighttight lippedtight-lippedto the pointtongue tiedtongue-tiedtopical outlinetracetransactionstransienttransitorytruncatedunloquaciousuntalkativeversewashoutword-boundwordlessyearbook
Noun(2 words)
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11 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
has context
5 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
113 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀλιγοχρόνιος adj (of short duration)
Arabic
4 entries- قَصِير adj (of short duration)
- مُوجَز adj (concise)
- وَجِيز adj (of short duration)
- وَجِيز adj (concise)
Armenian
3 entries- կարճ adj (of short duration)
- համառոտ adj (concise)
- սեղմ adj (concise)
Belarusian
1 entries- каро́ткі adj (of short duration)
Bengali
2 entries- মুখতসর adj (of short duration)
- মুখতসর adj (concise)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кратък adj (of short duration)
- къс adj (of short duration)
- сбит adj (concise)
- резюме noun (a short news story or report)
Catalan
2 entries- breu adj (of short duration)
- concís adj (concise)
Czech
4 entries- krátký adj (of short duration)
- strohý adj (of short duration)
- stručný adj (of short duration)
- zhuštěný adj (of short duration)
Danish
2 entries- kort adj (of short duration)
- kortfattet adj (concise)
Dutch
4 entries- bondig adj (concise)
- kort adj (of short duration)
- kort adj (concise)
- kortstondig adj (of short duration)
Esperanto
1 entries- mallonga adj (of short duration)
Estonian
2 entries- lühike adj (of short duration)
- põgus adj (of short duration)
Finnish
4 entries- lyhyt adj (of short duration)
- lyhytaikainen adj (of short duration)
- lyhytsanainen adj (concise)
- ytimekäs adj (concise)
French
2 entries- bref adj (of short duration)
- court adj (of short duration)
Galician
2 entries- breve adj (of short duration)
- resume noun (a short news story or report)
German
4 entries- kurz adj (of short duration)
- prägnant adj (concise)
- Breve noun (papal letter)
- kurze Zusammenfassung noun (a short news story or report)
Greek
4 entries- βραχύς adj (of short duration)
- περιληπτικός adj (concise)
- συνοπτικός adj (concise)
- σύντομος adj (of short duration)
Hungarian
4 entries- rövid adj (of short duration)
- tömör adj (concise)
- ügyvédi megbízatás noun (a writ summoning one to answer to any action)
- ügyvédi megbízás noun (a writ summoning one to answer to any action)
Irish
1 entries- achomair adj (concise)
Italian
3 entries- breve adj (of short duration)
- breve adj (concise)
- breve noun (a short news story or report)
Japanese
1 entries- 短い adj (of short duration)
Javanese
2 entries- cekak adj (of short duration)
- cekak adj (concise)
Latin
1 entries- brevis adj (of short duration)
Macedonian
4 entries- краток adj (of short duration)
- краток adj (concise)
- кус adj (of short duration)
- содржаен adj (concise)
Māori
4 entries- popoto adj (concise)
- poto adj (concise)
- rangitahi adj (of short duration)
- pitopito kōrero noun (a short news story or report)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kortvarig adj (of short duration)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kortvarig adj (of short duration)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- وجیز adj (concise)
Polish
2 entries- krótki adj (of short duration)
- zwięzły adj (concise)
Portuguese
4 entries- breve adj (of short duration)
- breve adj (concise)
- brifar verb (to summarize)
- resumir verb (to summarize)
Romanian
1 entries- scurt adj (of short duration)
Russian
4 entries- коро́ткий adj (of short duration)
- кра́ткий adj (of short duration)
- кра́ткий adj (concise)
- сжа́тый adj (concise)
Spanish
4 entries- breve adj (of short duration)
- conciso adj (concise)
- corto adj (of short duration)
- escueto adj (concise)
Swedish
1 entries- kort adj (of short duration)
Turkish
1 entries- veciz adj (concise)
Ukrainian
3 entries- коро́ткий adj (of short duration)
- коро́ткий adj (concise)
- резюме́ noun (a short news story or report)
Urdu
2 entries- مُخْتَصَر adj (of short duration)
- مُخْتَصَر adj (concise)
Welsh
1 entries- byr adj (concise)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
In brief, if the individual accepts the values of democracy, he must also accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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After a brief peace, war broke out again.
Source: tatoeba (39827)
I couldn't think up such a brief explanation.
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