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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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briefly

/ˈbriːfli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbriːfli/
briefly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

brief - ly -> briefly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) ခဏ

Full entry

brief /bri:f/ adj (-er, -est )

၁။ (က) တိုတောင်းသော။ a brief conversation/discussion/meeting/visit/delay ❍ Mozart's life was brief. (ခ) အကျဉ်း။ အချုပ်။ အတိုချုပ်။ a brief account/report/description of the accident ❍ Please be brief (ie say what you want to say quickly).
၂။ (အဝတ် အထည်) တိုတိုကျပ်ကျပ်။ a brief skirt.
n
၁။ လုပ်ငန်းနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်းသော ရှင်းလင်းမှာကြားချက်။ It's not part of my brief to train new employees. ❍ I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. ❍ stick to one's brief (ie only do what one is required to do).
၂။ (law ) (က) (အမှုသည်က ဥပဒေအကျိုးဆောင်အား အပ်နှံသည့်) အမှု။ Will you accept this brief? (ခ) ဥပဒေ အကျိုးဆောင် အတွက် အသင့်ပြင်ဆင်ပေးသည့် အမှုဆိုင်ရာ အချက်အလက် အချုပ်။
v
၁။ ~ sb (on sth) လုပ်ငန်းနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ အသေးစိတ် ရှင်းလင်းတင်ပြသည်၊ မှာကြားသည်၊ ညွှန်ကြားသည်။ The President was fully briefed before the meeting. ❍ The Air Commodore briefed the bomber crew on their dangerous mission. Compare DEBRIEF
၂။ (law ) အမှုဆိုင်ရာ အချက်အလက်အချုပ်ကို ပေးအပ်သည်။ The company has briefed a top lawyer to defend it.
❏ briefly adv
၁။ ခဏ။ He paused briefly before continuing.
၂။ အချုပ်အားဖြင့်။ Briefly, the argument is as follows…
❏ briefing n (က) လုပ်ငန်းနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ အသေးစိတ် ရှင်းလင်းပြောကြားရန်၊ ညွှန်ကြားရန် ကျင်းပသည့်အစည်းအဝေး။
a press/police/management briefing. (ခ) [C, U] ယင်း အစည်းအဝေးမျိုး၌ ပြောကြားသည့် အသေးစိတ် ရှင်းလင်း ညွှန်ကြားချက်။ receive (a) thorough/full briefing ❍ a briefing session.
❏ hole no brief for (sb/sth) [IDM ] မထောက်ခံ။ သဘော မကျ။ I hold no brief for those who say that violence can be justified.
❏ in brief [IDM ] အတိုချုပ်။ In brief, your work is most unsatisfactory. ❍ Here is the news in brief.

More examples
  • Scotland experienced a brief period of population growth during the early nineties.
  • A brief visit
  • I have a phone call to make. I’ll keep it brief.
  • A brief summary of this article is given here.
  • I don’t want to keep you long, so let me be brief.
  • She can be a bit brief but don’t let that put you off.
  • She was wearing the briefest of miniskirts.
Synonyms
short, concise, succinct, to the point, pithy, epigrammatic, abridge, abrupt, advise, apprise, bluff, blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, briefing, brusque, compendiary, compendious, compressed, crisp, curt, curtailed, curtly, direct, edify, enlighten, ephemeral, epitomize, explain, fast, fill in, fleeting, give instructions, give rundown, give the lowdown, ground rules, guidelines, hasty, inform, initiate, instantaneous, instruct, instructions, laconic, let in on, limited, little, mandate, meteoric, mission, momentary, orders, orient, passing, preparation, prepare, prime, quick, recapitulate, remit, sharp, short and sweet, short-lived, short-term, show the lay of the land, show the ropes, skimpy, small, snippy, summarize, surly, swift, task, tell, temporary, terse, tip off, transient, transitory, update
Antonyms
all the time, all time, benevolent, big, durably, endlessly, enduring, enduringly, enormous, everlastingly, everything considered, expansive, for always, for good, for life, forever, forevermore, hide, huge, immense, immortally, important, in perpetuity, in perpetuum, indefinite, kind, large, lasting, lastingly, lengthy, long, long-lived, long-winded, neglect, now and forever, permanent, secret, slow, sluggish, till Doomsday, till blue in the face, till cows come home, till death do us part, till the cows come home, till the end of time, unchangingly, unendingly, unremittingly, wordy
Cross references
shortconcisesuccinctto the pointpithyepigrammaticabridgeabruptadviseapprisebluffbluntboiled downbreviloquentbriefingbrusquecompendiarycompendiouscompressedcrispcurtcurtailedcurtlydirectedifyenlightenephemeralepitomize
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