adj, verb, noun · academic
brief
/briːf/BRIEF
short in time or using few words; giving only the main points
Examples
“In the introduction I will give a brief overview of recent studies on climate policy.”
“The author briefly summarised the methodological limitations in one paragraph.”
“The committee was briefed on the latest evidence before the meeting.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the introduction I will provide a brief overview of previous studies and then outline the research question.”
Collocations
- provide a brief overview
- briefly discuss
- brief someone on something
Word family
Common mistakes
He brief explained the results.→He briefly explained the results.
I will give brief about the project.→I will give a brief about the project. / I will briefly describe the project.
Say it for a higher band
5short→6concise→7+brief
Synonyms
concise
short
Easily confused
concise
“The essay is concise but lacks supporting evidence.”
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