Brief and Long

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Brief

Brief adjective - Not lasting for a considerable time.
Usage example: fortunately, the meeting was brief
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Long is an antonym for brief in topics: short, concise, short in time.
Nearby Words: briefing, briefly, briefed, briefness, briefcase

Long

Long adjective - Of great extent from end to end.
Usage example: giraffes have long necks to help them reach leaves on tall trees
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Brief is an antonym for long in topics: prolonged, short.
Nearby Word: longed
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men brief men long men

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  • We're told early on that short tailed gars are more intelligent than the long tailed variety, and Zedd even has a brief conversation with one (consisting of threatening it, asking its name, and sending it to kill their pursuers), but even then they're mostly treated like animals.
    Source: It Can Think
  • Video Game / Assault on Dark Athena Long Song, Short Scene: The game contains a very brief sequence in which the player can control Drones, during which the ordinarily ambient soundtrack is dropped for an awesome techno beat... which is used nowhere else in the game and appears to be impossible to find in MP3 format.
    Source: Video Game / Assault on Dark Athena
  • No Sell After brief coughing fits, they realized that their respective poisons are both similar in make-up and long-term exposure to their own trademark weapons has left them immune to each other's poisons.
    Source: No Sell
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