Betekenis van brief In het Nederlands

• 0 lasting only a short time or containing few words:

  • His acceptance speech was mercifully brief.

  • I had a brief look at her report before the meeting.

  • It'll only be a brief visit because we really don't have much time.

  • After a brief spell/stint in the army, he started working as a teacher.

  • The company issued a brief statement about yesterday's accident.

  • For a few brief weeks we were very happy.

• 1 (of clothes) very short:

  • She was wearing a fairly brief skirt, as I recall.

• 2 to give someone detailed instructions or information:

  • We had already been briefed about/on what the job would entail.

  • On several occasions government officials briefed against their own ministers.

• 3 If something is said in brief, it is said in a very short form, with very few details:

  • "So you didn't enjoy the party much." "In brief, no."

• 4 a piece of underwear worn by men or women, covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs:

  • cotton briefs

• 5 a set of instructions or information:

  • [ + to infinitive ] It was my brief to make sure that the facts were set down accurately.

• 6 a lawyer who will speak for someone in a court of law :

  • My brief advised me to plead guilty.

• 7 lasting only a short time or containing few words:

  • Rory had a brief career as an actor.

• 8 to give someone instructions or information about what to do or say:

  • He is briefing the account executives on the new airline accounts.

• 9 instructions that explain what someone's work or task is:

  • His brief was to streamline the group's financial services operation.

  • give sb/prepare a brief We have prepared a brief for a full study by a consultant.

• 10 a document that shows the facts of a legal case that will be argued by a lawyer in a court:

  • to prepare/file/submit a brief

• 11 to give someone information about something:

  • Managers were touring the US to brief investors on last week's interim results.

• 12 to explain someone's work or task to them:

  • It's my job to brief volunteers beforehand and explain what their responsibilities are.

• 13 to tell a lawyer the facts of a legal case that he or she will argue in court