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debriefing

debriefing

26 5.6
A meeting after a task to talk about what happened and how to improve
  • noun
  • /diːˈbriːfɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : informe
  • After the mission, the team gathered for a thorough debriefing to discuss what went well and what could be improved.
  • debriefing session
  • debriefing process
  • debriefing form

So then that led to a debriefing with then Doctor Eric Davis.

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Examples

  • Time is provided during each day for group reflection and debriefing with at least one of the co-directors.

    Academic text (2013)

  • We got a long debriefing ahead of us.

    Abduction (2011)

  • So as I told you off camera in our little debriefing, I have never seen you on television.

    Dr. Mayim Bialik

  • - Mission debriefing in 15 minutes.

    Flyboys (2006)

  • "What have you learned so far?" asked my uncle as the debriefing began.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Your debriefing officer was pleased by the amount of information you brought back.

    Voyage of the Damned (1976)

  • At the end of the film, the students should participate in a debriefing using their completed concept maps.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We're in the middle of a highly classified debriefing.

    Rescue Dawn (2007)

  • Your debriefing will be handled in DC, like I told you.

    Smokin' Aces (2006)

  • Listen, I want you to make time for a serious debriefing while you're here.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

postmortem
vsdebriefing
  • Jargon
8 7.1

A discussion to find what went right or wrong after an event

focuses on completed missions or tasks and how to improve them
post-mortem
vsdebriefing
  • Jargon
3 6.5

A meeting after an event to find what went wrong and how to improve

focuses on completed missions or tasks and how to improve them
post mortem
vsdebriefing
  • Jargon
1 6.0

A meeting after a project or event to discuss what went well and how to improve

focuses on completed missions or tasks and how to improve them

How Detailed

debriefing
  • Formal
26 5.6
report
∞ 1.3
summary
397 2.7

Surface Forms

debriefing singular
debriefings plural

Morphology

debriefing = debrief (semi-transparent) = de + brief + ing

The noun is a straightforward -ing nominalization of the verb 'debrief', indicating the act or event of debriefing.

Etymology

Debriefing comes from the parts de- and brief, where brief means 'short report' and de- shows taking out or asking for information. So a debriefing is a meeting to 'take out' the key facts after a mission to see what happened and what can be improved.