brief: verb conjugation and noun forms

Superlative and Comparative Forms of the adjective brief[bri:f]     

Positive

brief

Comparative

briefer

Superlative

the briefest

Conjugation of the verb brief[bri:f], regular     

brief not briefbrief?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I brief
you brief
he/she/it briefs
we brief
you brief
they brief

Present Continuous

I am briefing
you are briefing
he/she/it is briefing
we are briefing
you are briefing
they are briefing

Present Perfect

I have briefed
you have briefed
he/she/it has briefed
we have briefed
you have briefed
they have briefed

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been briefing
you have been briefing
he/she/it has been briefing
we have been briefing
you have been briefing
they have been briefing

Past Indefinite

I briefed
you briefed
he/she/it briefed
we briefed
you briefed
they briefed

Past Continuous

I was briefing
you were briefing
he/she/it was briefing
we were briefing
you were briefing
they were briefing

Past Perfect

I had briefed
you had briefed
he/she/it had briefed
we had briefed
you had briefed
they had briefed

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been briefing
you had been briefing
he/she/it had been briefing
we had been briefing
you had been briefing
they had been briefing

Future Indefinite

I will brief
you will brief
he/she/it will brief
we will brief
you will brief
they will brief

Future Continuous

I will be briefing
you will be briefing
he/she/it will be briefing
we will be briefing
you will be briefing
they will be briefing

Future Perfect

I will have briefed
you will have briefed
he/she/it will have briefed
we will have briefed
you will have briefed
they will have briefed

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been briefing
you will have been briefing
he/she/it will have been briefing
we will have been briefing
you will have been briefing
they will have been briefing

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't brief
you don't brief
he/she/it doesn't brief
we don't brief
you don't brief
they don't brief

Present Continuous

I am not briefing
you aren't briefing
he/she/it isn't briefing
we aren't briefing
you aren't briefing
they aren't briefing

Present Perfect

I haven't briefed
you haven't briefed
he/she/it hasn't briefed
we haven't briefed
you haven't briefed
they haven't briefed

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been briefing
you haven't been briefing
he/she/it hasn't been briefing
we haven't been briefing
you haven't been briefing
they haven't been briefing

Past Indefinite

I didn't brief
you didn't brief
he/she/it didn't brief
we didn't brief
you didn't brief
they didn't brief

Past Continuous

I wasn't briefing
you weren't briefing
he/she/it wasn't briefing
we weren't briefing
you weren't briefing
they weren't briefing

Past Perfect

I hadn't briefed
you hadn't briefed
he/she/it hadn't briefed
we hadn't briefed
you hadn't briefed
they hadn't briefed

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been briefing
you hadn't been briefing
he/she/it hadn't been briefing
we hadn't been briefing
you hadn't been briefing
they hadn't been briefing

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't brief
you won't brief
he/she/it won't brief
we shan't / won't brief
you won't brief
they won't brief

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be briefing
you won't be briefing
he/she/it won't be briefing
we shan't / won't be briefing
you won't be briefing
they won't be briefing

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have briefed
you won't have briefed
he/she/it won't have briefed
we shan't / won't have briefed
you won't have briefed
they won't have briefed

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been briefing
you won't have been briefing
he/she/it won't have been briefing
we shan't / won't have been briefing
you won't have been briefing
they won't have been briefing

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I brief?
do you brief?
does he/she/it brief?
do we brief?
do you brief?
do they brief?

Present Continuous

am I briefing?
are you briefing?
is he/she/it briefing?
are we briefing?
are you briefing?
are they briefing?

Present Perfect

have I briefed?
have you briefed?
has he/she/it briefed?
have we briefed?
have you briefed?
have they briefed?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been briefing?
have you been briefing?
has he/she/it been briefing?
have we been briefing?
have you been briefing?
have they been briefing?

Past Indefinite

did I brief?
did you brief?
did he/she/it brief?
did we brief?
did you brief?
did they brief?

Past Continuous

was I briefing?
were you briefing?
was he/she/it briefing?
were we briefing?
were you briefing?
were they briefing?

Past Perfect

had I briefed?
had you briefed?
had he/she/it briefed?
had we briefed?
had you briefed?
had they briefed?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been briefing?
had you been briefing?
had he/she/it been briefing?
had we been briefing?
had you been briefing?
had they been briefing?

Future Indefinite

will I brief?
will you brief?
will he/she/it brief?
will we brief?
will you brief?
will they brief?

Future Continuous

will I be briefing?
will you be briefing?
will he/she/it be briefing?
will we be briefing?
will you be briefing?
will they be briefing?

Future Perfect

will I have briefed?
will you have briefed?
will he/she/it have briefed?
will we have briefed?
will you have briefed?
will they have briefed?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been briefing?
will you have been briefing?
will he/she/it have been briefing?
will we have been briefing?
will you have been briefing?
will they have been briefing?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would brief
you would brief
he/she/it would brief
we would brief
you would brief
they would brief

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be briefing
you would be briefing
he/she/it would be briefing
we would be briefing
you would be briefing
they would be briefing

Conditional Perfect

I would have briefed
you would have briefed
he/she/it would have briefed
we would have briefed
you would have briefed
they would have briefed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been briefing
you would have been briefing
he/she/it would have been briefing
we would have been briefing
you would have been briefing
they would have been briefing

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't brief
you wouldn't brief
he/she/it wouldn't brief
we wouldn't brief
you wouldn't brief
they wouldn't brief

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be briefing
you wouldn't be briefing
he/she/it wouldn't be briefing
we wouldn't be briefing
you wouldn't be briefing
they wouldn't be briefing

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have briefed
you wouldn't have briefed
he/she/it wouldn't have briefed
we wouldn't have briefed
you wouldn't have briefed
they wouldn't have briefed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been briefing
you wouldn't have been briefing
he/she/it wouldn't have been briefing
we wouldn't have been briefing
you wouldn't have been briefing
they wouldn't have been briefing

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I brief?
would you brief?
would he/she/it brief?
would we brief?
would you brief?
would they brief?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be briefing?
would you be briefing?
would he/she/it be briefing?
would we be briefing?
would you be briefing?
would they be briefing?

Conditional Perfect

would I have briefed?
would you have briefed?
would he/she/it have briefed?
would we have briefed?
would you have briefed?
would they have briefed?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been briefing?
would you have been briefing?
would he/she/it have been briefing?
would we have been briefing?
would you have been briefing?
would they have been briefing?

Participles

Present

briefing

Past

briefed

Infinitives

Infinitives

to brief
to have briefed
to be briefing
to have been briefing

Singular and plural for brief[bri:f]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
brief
briefs
Possessive case
brief's
briefs'
Plural
briefs
briefs'
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