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briefer

briefer

7 4.1
A person who gives a short report of important information
  • noun
  • /ˈbrifər/
translation icon : resumidor
  • The briefer provided a concise overview of the project during the meeting.
  • CIA briefer
  • Pentagon briefer
  • military briefer

Examples

  • Also, the nominee for UN ambassador is S. Powers, the one who knows all the journalists and is a background briefer to them on important national issues, such as those that appear in the NYT.

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  • Tony Pace was this briefer and he says the opposite.

  • "The briefer was specifically asked if the methods were tough enough," said a U.S. official who witnessed the exchange.

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  • Was McNulty trying to say something in the briefer that he couldn't say verbally?

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  • At the beginning of the crisis, a CIA briefer had even told Kennedy that it was the "best candidate" for a nuclear storage bunker and was marked for "further surveillance."

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  • He also has served as a presidential briefer, as chief of the staff that produces the President's Daily Brief, and as an executive assistant to DCI George J. Tenet.

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  • As a government briefer, he was responsible for summarizing important developments for the press.

  • During the seminar, the briefer highlighted key points from the research findings.

Synonyms

recapitulator
vsbriefer
  • Formal
1 7.7

A person who gives a short summary of the main points

focuses on giving a short report of important facts rather than just restating points
summarizer
vsbriefer
  • US
1 4.0

A person or tool that makes a short version of a longer text

is done by a person reporting key information rather than by a tool
abridger
vsbriefer
1 7.9

A person who makes a long text shorter while keeping its main ideas

creates short reports of important points rather than shortening whole works
abstractor
vsbriefer
8.2

A person who reads documents and writes short summaries

presents short reports of important information rather than formal document abstracts
abstracter
vsbriefer
8.6

A person who reads long texts and writes short summaries

gives a short report of important information rather than formal record abstracts

Antonyms

18 5.8

Saying or writing more words than needed and taking too long

Surface Forms

briefer singular
briefers plural

Morphology

briefer = brief (transparent) = brief + er

Standard agent noun formation from the verb 'brief' (one who briefs), so meaning is predictable.

Etymology

Briefer can mean a person who gives a short report; it comes from brief (Latin brevis 'short') plus the ending -er, so a briefer is 'one who gives a short report'.