word-vault/dist/data/cards/br/brief.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "brief",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "lasting only a short time; short",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a brief visit/meeting/conversation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mozart's life was brief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said nothing during the brief court appearance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a brief pause/silence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Susan was enjoying a brief moment of solitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died after a relatively brief period of suffering."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you make it brief? I've got a meeting in ten minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sean gave a brief glance at the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister is due to make a brief visit to South Korea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a brief silence after I made my announcement."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "keep something", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "using few words",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **brief description/summary/overview**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please **be brief** *(= say what you want to say quickly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will keep my comments brief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Section 1 of the book gives a brief history of Mexico."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I made a brief introductory statement and our meeting began."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I promised to be brief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The diary entries were tantalizingly brief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "David gave me a brief summary of what was said at the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She began with a brief introduction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Saunders's lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The author makes only a brief mention of the role of Japan in this period."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaflet provides a brief description of the changes to the benefits system."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "keep something", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "short and not covering much of the body",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a brief skirt"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a few words, without details",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In brief, the meeting was a disaster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now the rest of the news in brief."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/briːf/",
                "audio": "br/brief/brief__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/briːf/",
                "audio": "br/brief/brief__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’."
}