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brief
English
Etymology
From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mré??us (“short, brief”). Doublet of merry.
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?f, IPA(key): /b?i?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
Adjective
brief (comparative briefer, superlative briefest)
- Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
- Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
- Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
- 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 17:
- On the beach he always wore a straw hat with a red band and a brief pair of leopard print trunks.
- 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 17:
- (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- See also Thesaurus:concise
Derived terms
- briefen
- briefly
Related terms
- brevity
Translations
Noun
brief (plural briefs)
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- 1996, Japanese Rules of Civil Procedure[4], Article 79, Section 1:
- A written answer or any other brief shall be submitted to the court while allowing a period necessary for the opponent to make preparations with regard to the matters stated therein.
- 1996, Japanese Rules of Civil Procedure[4], Article 79, Section 1:
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (by extension, figuratively) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
- A short news story or report.
- (usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
- (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
- 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomie of Absurditie[5]:
- […] euen ?o it fareth with mee, who béeing about to anatomize Ab?urditie, am vrged to take a view of ?undry mens vanitie, a ?uruey of their follie, a briefe of their barbari?me […]
- 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomie of Absurditie[5]:
- (Britain, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
Derived terms
- briefs
- control brief
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “brief”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Verb
brief (third-person singular simple present briefs, present participle briefing, simple past and past participle briefed)
- (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
- (transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Derived terms
- debrief
Translations
Adverb
brief (comparative more brief, superlative most brief)
- (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
- (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
Related terms
- briefing
- brevity
References
Further reading
- brief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- brief in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- brief at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- FBIer, fiber, fibre
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch brief, from Middle Dutch brief, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin brevis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brif/
Noun
brief (plural briewe)
- letter (written message)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brief, from Old Dutch [Term?], borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brif/
- Hyphenation: brief
- Rhymes: -if
Noun
brief m (plural brieven, diminutive briefje n)
- letter (written message)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: brief
- ? Sranan Tongo: brifi
References
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French brief.
Adjective
brief m (feminine singular briefve, masculine plural briefs, feminine plural briefves)
- brief; short
Descendants
- French: bref
Old French
Alternative forms
- bref
Etymology
From Latin brevis.
Adjective
brief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brieve)
- brief, short in length
Declension
Derived terms
- briement
Noun
brief m (oblique plural briés, nominative singular briés, nominative plural brief)
- (short) letter or statement
Descendants
- Middle French: brief
- French: bref
- ? Middle English: bref, breef, breve, brefe, breefe
- English: brief, breve
- Scots: brief, brieve, breef, briefe
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casual
English
Alternative forms
- casuall (obsolete)
- (shortening, informal) cazh
Etymology
From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin c?su?lis (“happening by chance”), from Latin c?sus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ka?u?l/, /?ka?ju?l/, /?kazju?l/, /?ka??l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kæ?u?l/, /?kæ?w?l/, /?kæ??l/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?k????l/, /?k???l/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /-uæl/
- Hyphenation: ca?su?al, cas?ual, casu?al
Adjective
casual (comparative more casual, superlative most casual)
- Happening by chance.
- casual breaks, in the general system
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
- 2007, Nick Holland, The Girl on the Bus (page 117)
- I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.
- 2007, Nick Holland, The Girl on the Bus (page 117)
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- 2012, Jeff Miller, Grown at Glen Garden: Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and the Little Texas Golf Course that Propelled Them to Stardom
- Hogan assumed the entire creek bed was to be played as a casual hazard, moved his ball out and assessed himself a one-stroke penalty.
- 2012, Jeff Miller, Grown at Glen Garden: Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and the Little Texas Golf Course that Propelled Them to Stardom
- Informal, relaxed.
- Designed for informal or everyday use.
Synonyms
- (happening by chance): accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random; see also Thesaurus:accidental
- (happening or coming to pass without design): unexpected
- (relaxed; everyday use): informal
Antonyms
- (happening by chance): inevitable, necessary
- (happening or coming to pass without design): expected, scheduled
- (relaxed; everyday use): ceremonial, formal
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
casual (plural casuals)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
- (Britain) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- 1972, Lee C. Garrison, "The Needs of Motion Picture Audiences", California Management Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Winter 1972, page 149:
- Casuals outnumbered regulars in the art-house audience two to one.
- 2010, Jennifer Gillan, Television and New Media: Must-Click TV, page 16:
- Most often, when a series is marketed toward casuals, the loyals feel that their interests and needs are not being met.
- 2018, E. J. Nielsen, "The Gay Elephant Meta in the Room: Sherlock and the Johnlock Conspiracy", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 91:
- Treating a gay relationship as a puzzle that must be pursued by the clever viewers and hidden from “casuals” until a narrative reveal at the eleventh hour seems antithetical to the idea of normalized representation that TJLCers claim as the main reason they want Johnlock to be canon, […]
- 1972, Lee C. Garrison, "The Needs of Motion Picture Audiences", California Management Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Winter 1972, page 149:
- (Britain, dated) A tramp.
Translations
Related terms
- casualty
- case
References
- casual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Calusa, casula, causal
Catalan
Adjective
casual (masculine and feminine plural casuals)
- casual
- unplanned
Derived terms
- casualitat
- casualment
Portuguese
Adjective
casual m or f (plural casuais, comparable)
- casual (happening by chance)
- Synonym: fortuito
- casual (coming without regularity)
- Synonym: ocasional
- casual (designed for informal or everyday use)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
casual (plural casuales)
- casual
- accidental
- coincidental, chance
Derived terms
- casualmente
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: kaswal
Further reading
- “casual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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