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How to pronounce “brief”

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Pronunciation guide for brief

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of brief with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Rosetta: to Catch a Cometsince and seen the crater left in a brief flyby.
Definition summary: Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

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Rosetta: to Catch a Comet

since and seen the crater left in a brief flyby.

[Adjective]
Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
[Noun]
(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.
(by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
(English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
A short news story or report.
(usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
(UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
(slang) A ticket of any type.[1][2]
[Verb]
(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.
[Adverb]
(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.