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• present participle of brief.

briefing

American  

[bree-fing] / ˈbri fɪŋ /

noun

• briefings
  plural

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.

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briefing British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• briefings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of briefing

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

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Explanation

If you plan on going to the briefing at the White House, you'd better bring your audio recorder. These informational sessions can get very detailed, and you'll need to review the audio record. When a lawyer appears before a court, they bring with them a "brief," a detailed explanation of their case that's anything but brief. This brief is a sort of briefing for the judge on the details of the case. Whenever you give someone a detailed explanation or set of instructions about something, it's a briefing. Briefing is the noun form of the word brief. The White House press corps meets in the "briefing room" to get briefed on the news of the president's day.

Example Sentences

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briefing briefings

"We are facing a more complex outbreak landscape," Mohamed Janabi, regional director for WHO in Africa, told an online media briefing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia announced in her inaugural briefing on Tuesday that Kimberly Guilfoyle was being fired as ambassador to Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She abruptly exited the briefing after just 11 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Come to think of it, a two-hour briefing on just that subject wouldn’t have been enough to explain that insanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Martinez was the subject of our pre-shift OJT briefing two days later.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

It’s not like we were getting press briefings every day anyway, and Trump always says he’s his own best press secretary.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Improved preparations include increased wildfire drills, more training on the incident command system, more evacuation planning as well as earlier briefings and tactical meetings to improve pre-deployment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Scientists privately discuss differences in interpretations, agreeing on regular updates for the public via media briefings and social media postings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Companies usually send him weekly briefings with assigned scripts, visual “hooks” to grab viewers’ attention, and captions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

He fielded phone calls, sat for daily briefings, and was consulting with a skeleton staff of advisers, aides, and speechwriters who were all staying at a hotel close by.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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• information
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