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(adj)
Shortened; made briefer.
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Brief, yet including all important information.
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Small in size.
(n)
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
A particular point of time; an instant.
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
Passing quickly; of short duration.
Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
Remaining for only a brief time.
Lasting for a short period of time.
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Of or pertaining to a short duration of time.
About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
Physically close.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
(adv)
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
(conjunctive, informal, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
(colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
Intended to serve as an explanation.
Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.
Quick; acting without delay.
(v)
(transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event).
Fast; quick; rapid.
Hasty or superficial.
To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
The capability for rational thought.
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
Very swift or quick.
(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Brief and to the point.
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.
Decisive.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
A call to do something, especially to come.
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
(transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
(ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
(British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. [(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]
(uncountable) The process of summarizing.
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
The act of presenting, or something presented.
The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
(archaic) informative; educational
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
able to be foreseen or anticipated
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
(usually in the plural) That which is contained.
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
(transitive) To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
Minor; small in amount
(obsolete) educated
A symbol or annotation.
(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
A general description of some subject.
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
(Canada, US, slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
Slender; thin.
(chiefly of resources, such as food) Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Traveling or involving a short distance.
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
A short note; a memorandum.
Very small.
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
A written business communication.
Having been made more simple and straight forward.
That pleads.
(law) Somebody's own act and deed.
Having been written.