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briefing

briefing

368 3.7
A meeting where someone gives instructions and information before a task
  • noun
  • /ˈbrifɪŋ/
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  • The debate began with a Capitol Hill briefing on 15 January 1991.
  • a press briefing
  • a briefing paper
  • a congressional briefing

But I'll tell you, I, I got a briefing one time from a major in the Air Force.

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Examples

  • "I want you to be in the press briefing room at 8 sharp tomorrow morning.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Ladies and gentlemen there will be a full briefing for all journalists.

  • And I now call this press briefing closed.

  • So we just click here and we get an official briefing from a flight service station.

  • We need to be in that briefing in 10 minutes.

  • Let's go over the operations briefing on our way over.

  • There are some items you need to sign before your briefing.

  • Fast-forward to a briefing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on February 8, 2008.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Thank you for joining us for today's daily briefing on coronavirus.

  • The team gathered for a briefing on the new safety protocols before starting the project.

Antonyms

debriefing
  • Formal
26 5.6

A meeting after a task to talk about what happened and how to improve

How Detailed

workshop
175 3.3
briefing
368 3.7
update
753 2.8
announcement
738 1.5

Surface Forms

briefing singular
briefings plural

Morphology

briefing = brief (transparent) = brief + ing

Formed from the verb 'brief' with the nominalizing '-ing' to mean the act or session of giving information, which is directly inferable for learners who know 'brief'.

Etymology

Briefing comes from brief, which means 'short'. So a briefing is a short meeting or talk that gives instructions or information before a task.