plural of briefing

Briefly; concisely; using a few words to summarize.

Obsolete spelling of brief

Of short duration; happening quickly. / Concise; taking few words. / Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. / (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

(obsolete, poetic) Briefly. / (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

(law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate. / (law) An answer to any action. / (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.

(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.

simple past tense and past participle of brief

A short and concise summary of a situation. / A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

present participle of brief