brief description

collocation in English

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/
us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
us
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofbriefanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this section we will present abriefdescriptionof its architecture and implementation aspects.
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This indication gives timing information and abriefdescriptionof what is recorded on the tape.
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Abriefdescriptionof some model features is presented below.
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During gesture coding, coders entered a timecode identifying the event, identified the type of gesture, and provided abriefdescriptionof the event.
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Abriefdescriptionof the development of feed evaluation or feed requirement systems is presented, with emphasis on energy evaluation in ruminants.
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We begin with abriefdescriptionof the two standard modal properties - deonticity/epistemicity and degree of subjectivity - and then introduce scope.
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Functional considerations are limited to abriefdescriptionof behavioral correlates of the dependent variable.
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Abriefdescriptionof the book's structure will quickly reveal its important strengths and its potential weaknesses.
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However, to illustrate the role of modern breast imaging, abriefdescriptionof three cases is given below.
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It is evident from thisbriefdescriptionof a complex reality that linguistic elements take on differentiated meanings in extra-linguistic contexts.
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We begin with abriefdescriptionof the planimeter.
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Abriefdescriptionof this closure method is as follows.
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We begin with abriefdescriptionof reduced-order modelling problems in circuit simulation.
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The followingbriefdescriptionof the transitions can be composed on the basis of extraction of the most essential notions from these books.
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Abriefdescriptionof the annotations will establish the character of the labour both men devoted to the work.
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The intellectual origins of the field are presented as well as abriefdescriptionof the experimental approach.
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This is discussed after abriefdescriptionof the work.
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Thisbriefdescriptiongained in significance because the author himself drew attention to it in his preface.
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