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Is brief a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brief is a Scrabble US word. The word brief is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is brief a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brief is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

BRIEF,FIBER,FIBRE,

4-letter words (9 found)

BIER,BREI,BRIE,FIER,FIRE,FRIB,REFI,REIF,RIFE,

3-letter words (11 found)

ERF,FER,FIB,FIE,FIR,IRE,REB,REF,REI,RIB,RIF,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BI,EF,ER,FE,IF,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from brief according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of brief

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Definitions and meaning of brief

brief

Etymology

From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of merry.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: brēf, IPA(key): /bɹiːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Adjective

brief (comparative briefer or more brief, superlative briefest or most brief)

  1. Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
  2. Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
  3. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
  • See also Thesaurus:concise

Derived terms

  • briefen
  • briefly

Related terms

  • brevity
  • brevitic

Translations

Noun

brief (plural briefs)

  1. (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
  2. (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.
  3. (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
  4. (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
  5. (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
  6. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
  7. (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
  8. A short news story or report.
  9. (usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
  10. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
  11. (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
  12. (slang) A ticket of any type.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund 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)

  1. (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
  2. (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)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
  2. (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

Related terms

  • briefing
  • brevity

References

Further reading

  • “brief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “brief”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “brief”, in 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)

  1. 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 f (plural brieven, diminutive briefje n)

  1. letter (written message)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: brief
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: brifu
  • Negerhollands: brief, brif
  • → Papiamentu: brifi (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: brifi
    • → Aukan: biifi
    • → Kari'na: brifi
    • → Saramaccan: biífi

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French brief.

Adjective

brief m (feminine singular briefve, masculine plural briefs, feminine plural briefves)

  1. brief; short

Descendants

  • French: bref

Old French

Alternative forms

  • bref

Etymology

From Latin brevis.

Adjective

brief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brieve)

  1. brief, short in length

Declension

Derived terms

  • briement

Noun

brief oblique singular, m (oblique plural briés, nominative singular briés, nominative plural brief)

  1. (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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