briefing

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/ ˈbri fɪŋ /

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noun

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

any set of concise instructions or a summary of events.

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Origin of briefing

First recorded in 1860–65; brief + -ing¹

Words nearby briefing

bridlewise, bridoon, Brie, brief, briefcase, briefing, briefless, briefly, briefs, Brienz, brier

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How to use briefing in a sentence

Perhaps 20 families around the world would meet these strict criteria, Michèle Ramsay, a human geneticist at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said September 3 during a news briefing.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing|Tina Hesman Saey|September 3, 2020|Science News
The officials held a press briefing with more than 50 people crowding into a room in an emergency operations center.
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The county hastily called a press conference Friday to talk about the change, but one of its own, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, boycotted the briefing.
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After a safety briefing, my coworkers and I were split into crews of five to six people, and we were assigned three to five aircraft.
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The county hastily called a press briefing for the afternoon, announcing that Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten and County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher would present.
Politics Report: Bry vs. Transit|Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis|August 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Specifically, what briefing did the flight crew receive before they went to the airplane?
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Schiff told The Daily Beast that he was given a classified briefing about the Sony attack from the intelligence community Friday.
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Their speech was met “very warmly, with applause,” according to bishops briefing the press afterwards.
The Vatican's Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It borrows its title from a statement former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made at a press briefing in 2012.
Art in the Age of National Security|Terry Greene Sterling|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They spoke anonymously as a condition of giving the briefing.
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In the silence of the briefing room, it seemed to be ticking much too loudly.
The Judas Valley|Gerald Vance
Sometime during the discussion, she made coffee, and first Randolph, then the Kid came in for briefing.
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Because of your little expedition, we have to tell you more now than we tell any of our men before the final briefing.
The Time Traders|Andre Norton
Either someone slipped up in his briefing, or the Reds are overconfident and don't care about the rules.
The Time Traders|Andre Norton
Peter Wayne made use of his extra few inches of height to glance around the briefing room.
The Judas Valley|Gerald Vance

British Dictionary definitions for briefing

briefing

/ (ˈbriːfɪŋ) /

noun

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

the facts presented during such a meeting

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