a brief word

: short in duration, extent, or length

: concise

: curt, abrupt

: an official letter or mandate (see ¹mandate 1)

: a specific instruction or responsibility

: a concise article (as in a newspaper)

: to make an abstract or abridgment of

: to give final precise instructions to

: to coach thoroughly in advance

: a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use

: the entire set of linguistic forms produced by combining a single base with various inflectional elements without change in the part of speech elements

: a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word

: to express in words : phrase

: speak