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1.hotel
A hotel is a building where people stay, for example on holiday, paying for their rooms and meals.
2.brief
Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
She once made a brief appearance on television...
This time their visit is brief.
= fleeting ≠ lengthy
2 ADJ
A brief speech or piece of writing does not contain too many words or details.
In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs...
Write a very brief description of a typical problem.
= short
3 ADJ v-link ADJ
If you are brief, you say what you want to say in as few words as possible.
Now please be brief–my time is valuable...
= succinct
4 ADJ usu ADJ n emphasis
You can describe a period of time as brief if you want to emphasize that it is very short.
For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.
≠ long
5 N-PLURAL also a pair of N
Men's or women's underpants can be referred to as briefs.
A bra and a pair of briefs lay on the floor.
6 VERB V n, V n
If someone briefs you, especially about a piece of work or a serious matter, they give you information that you need before you do it or consider it.
A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters...
The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.
= fill in
7 N-COUNT oft N to-inf
If someone gives you a brief, they officially give you responsibility for dealing with a particular thing. (mainly BRIT FORMAL)
...customs officials with a brief to stop foreign porn coming into Britain.
= responsibility
8 see also briefer, briefing
9 PHRASE PHR with cl
3revolution
You can say in brief to indicate that you are about to say something in as few words as possible or to give a summary of what you have just said.
In brief, take no risks.
A revolution is a successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force.
The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.
2 N-COUNT with supp
A revolution in a particular area of human activity is an important change in that area.
The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things. (FORMAL)
...processes of perception and cognition.