briefing

[bree-fing]

noun

1. Military.,  a short, factual oral summary of the details of a current or projected military operation given to the participants or observers.

2. any set of concise instructions or a summary of events.

briefing

/ ˈbriːfɪŋ /

noun

1. a meeting at which detailed information or instructions are given, as for military operations, etc

2. the facts presented during such a meeting

Word History and Origins

Origin of briefing¹

First recorded in 1860–65; brief + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

At their daily press briefing for journalists, Downing Street refused to say whether the code had been broken.

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"For more than two years, the RSF have followed a very clear, practiced and predicted pattern," Ms Ferguson said at a press briefing.

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The president’s assertion was affirmed shortly afterward by two senior South Korean officials in a media briefing.

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"The damage to Saint Elizabeth is extensive, based on what we have seen," he said in a briefing.

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"It's a catastrophic situation," the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone specialist Anne-Claire Fontan said at a press briefing, warning of storm surges up to four metres high.

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Related Words

• conference 
• discussion 
• information 
• instruction 
• meeting 
• update