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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.