кра́ткий — meaning in English

English meaning

• brief adj Lasting only a short time.
• concise adj Giving all the necessary information in few words; brief and to the point.
• elliptical adj Shaped like an ellipse — a flattened, oval curve.
• sententious adj Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
• short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
• succinct adjective Expressed clearly in very few words, with nothing unnecessary included.
• terse adj Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

Senses

кра́ткий is used for these senses in English:

• brief Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
• brief Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
• compendious containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
• concise Brief, yet including all important information.
• elliptical (of speech) Concise, condensed.
• sententious Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
• short (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
• succinct Brief and to the point.

brief — full definition

1. adj Lasting only a short time.
2. adj Using few words; concise.
3. noun A set of instructions or a summary given to someone before they carry out a task.
4. noun A document summarizing the facts and legal arguments of a case, or (UK) the case papers given to a barrister.
5. verb To give someone a concise summary of a situation before they act.

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