English dictionary: words starting with brev

Meanings of Breve:

noun

A note, rarely used in modern music, having the time value of two semibreves, and represented as a semibreve with two short bars either side, or as a square.

Usage examples:

The relationship between the semibreve and the minim is exactly the same as that accorded to the br…

Meanings of Breves:

noun

A note, rarely used in modern music, having the time value of two semibreves, and represented as a semibreve with two short bars either side, or as a square.

Usage examples:

The relationship between the semibreve and the minim is exactly the same as that accorded to the br…

Meanings of Brevet:

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

Meanings of Breveted:

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

Meanings of Breveting:

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

Meanings of Brevets:

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

Meanings of Brevetted:

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

Meanings of Brevetting:

verb

Confer a brevet rank on.

Usage examples:

He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the u.s. army.

noun

A former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay.

Usage examples:

A brevet lieutenant

Meanings of Breviaries:

noun

A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the roman catholic church.

Usage examples:

The sarum breviary was reissued and ordered to be used throughout the province of canterbury.

Meanings of Breviary:

noun

A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the roman catholic church.

Usage examples:

The sarum breviary was reissued and ordered to be used throughout the province of canterbury.

Meanings of Breviloquent:

adjective

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words; concise.

Usage examples:

Vivid illustrations and breviloquent, witty verses

Meanings of Brevis:

adjective

A latin word meaning "short", used in the names of muscles

Meanings of Brevity:

noun

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Usage examples:

The staff will edit manuscripts with a view to brevity and clarity