Synonyms for Brief
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1. brief

   A sketch is a rough, suggestive presentation of anything, whether graphic or literary, commonly intended to be preliminary to a more complete or extended treatment. An outline gives only the bounding or determining lines of a figure or a scene; a sketch may give not only lines, but shading and color, but is hasty and incomplete. The lines of a sketch are seldom so full and continuous as those of an outline, being, like the shading or color, little more than indications or suggestions according to which a finished picture may be made; the artist's first representation of a sunset, the hues of which change so rapidly, must of necessity be a sketch. Draft and plan apply especially to mechanical drawing, of which outline, sketch, and drawing are also used; a plan is strictly a view from above, as of a building or machine, giving the lines of a horizontal section, originally at the level of the ground, now in a wider sense at any height; as, a plan of the cellar; a plan of the attic. A mechanical drawing is always understood to be in full detail; a draft is an incomplete or unfinished drawing; a design is such a preliminary sketch as indicates the object to be accomplished or the result to be attained, and is understood to be original. One may make a drawing of any well-known mechanism, or a drawing from another man's design; but if he says, "The design is mine," he claims it as his own invention or composition. In written composition an outline gives simply the main divisions, and in the case of a sermon is often called a skeleton; a somewhat fuller suggestion of illustration, treatment, and style is given in a sketch. A lawyer's brief is a succinct statement of the main facts involved in a case, and of the main heads of his argument on points of law, with reference to authorities cited; the brief has none of the vagueness of a sketch, being sufficiently exact and complete to form, on occasion, the basis for the decision of the court without oral argument, when the case is said to be "submitted on brief." Compare DESIGN.

   Synonyms:
   design, draft, drawing, outline, picture, plan, skeleton, sketch

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1. brief, legal briefnoun

   a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

   Synonyms:
   legal brief, brief

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

2. briefadjective

   a condensed written summary or abstract

   Synonyms:
   legal brief

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

3. briefadjective

   of short duration or distance

   "a brief stay in the country"

   Synonyms:
   abbreviated

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

4. briefadjective

   concise and succinct

   "covered the matter in a brief statement"

   Synonyms:
   abbreviated

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

5. abbreviated, briefverb

   (of clothing) very short

   "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

   Synonyms:
   truncated, shortened, abbreviated, brief

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

6. briefverb

   give essential information to someone

   "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

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1. • Instruct
   • Law
   • Legal Document

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1. briefadjective

   Synonyms:
   short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT

2. briefadjective

   Synonyms:
   transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral

3. briefnoun

   Synonyms:
   epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus

4. briefnoun

   Synonyms:
   pontifical letter, papal rescript

5. briefnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) writ, precept

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1. briefadjective

   Synonyms:
   short-lived, ephemeral, transient, transitory, terse, concise, short

2. briefnoun

   Synonyms:
   breviary, epitome, summary, writ, precept, breve

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1. List of paraphrases for "brief":

   short, briefly, concise, succinct, summary, writ, anyway, writs, memory, bref, inform, quick, factum, short-term, short-lived, mémoire, anyways, letter, short-, nutshell, memorandum, brefs

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1. David Bergstein:

   Structurally they are betting the farm and everything possible to get through these midterms, and they are just opening up the checkbook to do it. ' Public investment shrinks as safety net balloonsWhatever the immediate political impact, if President Joe Biden ultimately signs anything like the proposed program, it would mark a new era in Washington's role in the economy.Over the past 50 years, federal spending, as a share of the nation's economic output, has averaged about 20.6 %, according to calculations by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a centrist group that argues for budgetary restraint. Washington has significantly exceeded that level only in times of crisis : Spending reached 24 % of the nation's gross domestic product during Obama's first term immediately after the 2008 financial crisis and roughly 32 % during the Covid pandemic, federal figures show. ( Federal spending as a share of the economy reached its modern high of more than 40 % at the height of World War II.) Though federal spending over the past half century has remained relatively constant at about one-fifth of the economy, the composition of that spending has shifted dramatically. Over that period, public investment -- defined primarily as federal spending on infrastructure, education and training, and support for research and development -- has declined, while the safety net -- including such payments to individuals as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food assistance and various tax credits for families -- has soared. Its totally different from anything put forward by Obama or Clinton. In terms of any kind of coherent strategic focus theres been nothing like this since the build-out of the suburbs, and the buildup of the educational system.Josh Bivens, research director, Economic Policy InstituteIn 1969, federal figures show, public investment and payments to individuals each consumed nearly one-third of total federal spending, an amount equal to about 6 % of the economy. By 2019, the last year before Washington poured huge sums into the Covid crisis, public investment had fallen to just 12.5 % of Responsible Federal Budget while payments to individuals had grown past 70 %. Public investment now equals only about 2.5 % of the economy, while payments to individuals consume more than five times as much.The exact distribution between public investment and safety net spending in the Democratic plans isn't known, because the party hasn't released details on the funding levels in the $ 3.5 trillion budget blueprint that Senate Democrats recently agreed on. But it's clear that the proposal -- coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure agreement advancing on a separate track -- would represent a huge expansion on both fronts.The infusion of new money for public investment might be most striking, given how steadily it has lost ground in federal priorities. Public investment fell from about 30 % of federal spending in the late 1960s to about 20 % by the late 1970s and 15 % by the mid-1990s, a plateau from which it's since drifted further down except for a brief recovery under Obama's first-term stimulus plan. The budget plans Senate Democrats are advancing would provide a more lasting turnaround. The bipartisan plan would spend almost $ 600 billion on.

2. Stan Wong:

   The North American markets look fatigued, and a brief pause may be in order, both the S&P 500 and the TSX have been approaching overbought conditions from a technical perspective, and we are trading at the higher end of historical valuation ranges.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

4. Sarah Sanders:

   Neither Chief Kelly nor White House lawyer Emmet Flood actually attended the meetings but did make brief remarks before the meetings started to relay the President's desire for as much openness as possible under the law, they also conveyed the President's understanding of the need to protect human intelligence services and the importance of communication between the branches of government.

5. Albert Einstein:

   How strange is the lot of us mortals Each of us is here for a brief sojourn for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.