brief exchange

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandexchange

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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exchange
noun
uk
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/us
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
the act of giving something to someone and them giving you ...
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(Definition ofbriefandexchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief exchange

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The back-up singers, however, reveal the title at the end of the very first exchange, as they do again at the end of the secondbriefexchange.
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There was abriefexchangeof views on this subject but no conclusions were reached.
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Abriefexchangeof views also took place with regard to other measures, directed at a relaxation of tension.
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Nor do we believe—the recentbriefexchangedemonstrated it—that the joint ticket would be more democratic.
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I think thisbriefexchangeof ideas has been useful and interesting for all of us to hear.
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Ourbriefexchangehas been useful in putting the matter in balance.
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A number of valuable and valid points have been made in thisbriefexchange.
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After abriefexchangeof gunfire, the officers throw tear-gas canisters into the house.
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The two forces separated after abriefexchangeof cannon fire.
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There was one contact with a patrol and abriefexchangeof fire, but no-one was hurt.
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After abriefexchangeof cannon fire, the fleet departed.
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The two sides realized their mistake after abriefexchangeof fire, and the latter unit was replaced by the incoming unit.
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The other performers then joined in with brief exchanges to illustrate this cold and wounding behaviour.
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The submarine surfaced amid the debris field and after abriefexchangeof gunfire with the ship's defensive armament, collected the survivors on the submarine's deck.
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On my table you might see piles of stuff like that, brief exchanges of dialogue.
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One project participant sat next to a doorway that linked two communal rooms, which enabled her to engage care workers repeatedly in brief exchanges as they passed by.
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They were necessarily brief exchanges and incomplete.
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