to brief
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3.7
- verb
- /brif/
:
informar
- The manager asked me to brief the new employee about our policies.
- briefed on the subject
- briefed on the purpose
- fully briefed
But the farmers are all briefed, OK?
- But the farmers are all briefed, OK?
- And, and they briefed me on what's expected, what we need to do.
- And I just, how was that kind of briefed to you?
- This was not optional, a person briefed on the conversation told the Financial Times.
- But Trump apparently has not been briefed.
- When I visited New Zealand, I was invited to lunch to speak to this group of scientists and was briefed by them.
- So when we went, those ladies had a point of contact, which was our family's office, and he would brief them up on a weekly basis.
- So he sent teams out to Phoenix to start getting me briefed between the election and the inauguration.
- Here's what the president and I say that in quotations has to say, and I've been briefed on these.
- John owns it now, briefed with our allies.
- He says, can you brief the depth on what's happening?
- And then it got to where I was just briefing my own subordinates was not comfortable.
- In other words, the whole, his missile command staff all come in, take the shift over and the others out brief and go.
- We we flew straight to Colombia and we met up with a guy called Jorge Salcido and he briefed his and what was happening.
- So from that I'd scoop, skim off the top, the very, very best ones, brief them up and say to the mums and dads, I'm fighting, your guys have got potential.
Examples
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I will brief you on the project details before the meeting starts.
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When you get some hard information, let me know and I'll brief the staff.
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I'd like to brief you...
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Selby's gonna brief you on it, so listen up, okay?
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Participants were introduced and briefed on the purpose of the focus group.
Academic text (2002) -
Yesterday it emerged that senior Home Office officials were briefed as early as April of this year.
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You'll be briefed on your assignment in the conference room at two.
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In August, U.S. officials briefed leaders in Tokyo and Seoul about these developments.
Academic text (2003) -
I'm assuming that Mr. Mullins briefed you about our situation.
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Before the event, the team leader will brief everyone on the schedule.
Synonyms
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1.0
To tell someone about a fact or situation
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2.6
To teach someone how to do something, often in a class
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
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9.9
A written paper from a person or organization not involved in the case that gives the court information
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
To brief someone comes from the Latin brevis ('short') and means to give the short, main facts or instructions, so to brief is to tell the important points quickly.