Brief, briefs, or briefing may refer to:
Documents Brief (architecture), a type of educational or business document including desires and requirements Brief (law), any of a number of formal document types Briefing note, or memo, a written message used in a professional setting Creative brief, a document used by creative professionals and agencies to develop creative deliverables Design brief, a type of educational or business document including desires and requirements Letter (message), a written or typed message from one person or group to another Papal brief, a papal letter less formal than a bull, sealed with the pope's signet ring or stamped with the device borne on this ring
Entertainment Brief, a fictional character in the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt anime The Brief, an Australian podcast series hosted on Southern Cross Austereo's LiSTNR platform Dr. Briefs, a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga and anime series The Briefs, a Seattle band
Other uses Brief Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), a behavioral assessment for children and adolescents Brief (garden), a garden in Sri Lanka designed by landscape architect Bevis Bawa Brief (text editor), a popular text editor for the MS-DOS operating system Briefs Briefs, a type of underwear and swimwear Ulrich Briefs (1939–2005), German politician Briefing The Briefing, evangelical Christian magazine The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President, a 2018 memoir by Trump Administration press secretary Sean Spicer
See also Brief intervention, a technique used to address alcohol abuse Brief therapy, an umbrella term for psychotherapy approaches Watching brief, an archaeological recording method Debriefing