brief essay

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandessay

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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essay
noun[C]
uk
/ˈes.eɪ/us
/ˈes.eɪ/
a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for ...
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(Definition ofbriefandessayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This last context of waiting is the subject of thisbriefessay.
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Thisbriefessayis not intended to be narrowly predictive, or even prescriptive.
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In thisbriefessayit will not be possible to give every subject the attention it deserves.
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I will attempt to add a few in the course of thisbriefessay.
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Naturally, abriefessaycannot convey the subtle nuances of the commemorative process.
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The foregoing essays stimulate the exploration in thisbriefessayof nature-shaped and culture-shaped technology, of style, and of transfer.
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The brief essays which preface many sections of the catalogue and the notes on various items within the collection provide a highly informed commentary on the archive.
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The brief essays that accompany each picture describe the costume and comment on aspects of the character depicted, often critically.
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These brief essays were collected and published at intervals.
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The book is divided into fourteen so-called chapters, most of which are brief essays on religious topics.
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Flussers writings relate to each other, however, which means that he intensively works over certain topics and dissects them into a number of brief essays.
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