Brief

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

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