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ˈbri fɪŋbrief·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. briefingnoun

    detailed instructions, as for a military operation

Wiktionary

  1. briefingnoun

    A short and concise summary of a situation.

    The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.

  2. briefingnoun

    A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

    Today's briefing of the press.

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  1. briefing

    A briefing is a meeting, set of instructions, or report which provides essential or new information. It is usually done in a concise, clear, and structured manner. It is often used to provide updates, guidelines, or advice to a specific audience, particularly in professional or organizational contexts.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. briefing

    The act of giving in advance specific instructions or information.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of briefing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of briefing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of briefing in a Sentence

  1. Kingman Brewster, Jr.:

    The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

  2. Mark Udall:

    President Biden has assembled a strong national security team, but he should have serious concerns about entrusting his Presidential Daily Briefing to anyone who may have helped cover up this dark chapter in our nation's history, i can attest that it's critical that intelligence agencies provide the president and other leaders with unbiased, factual and honest information. As we now know, the CIA and its leadership misled the public, senators, and Senate staff for years about the CIA's systematic and brutal torture of detainees.

  3. Ted Cruz:

    Every single one of us behaves dramatically differently when the C-SPAN cameras are on. When the cameras are off and we’re in a classified briefing, suddenly people have their jackets off, they actually have conversations.

  4. Susan Collins:

    Every woman legislator that I know takes a thick briefing book home every single night, and I remember (former Tennessee Republican) Sen. Fred Thompson … once saying to one of our male colleagues: ‘Susan has a secret. She prepares.’.

  5. John Kirby:

    In so doing, they learned that a specific request was made to excise that portion of the briefing. We do not know who made the request to edit the video or why it was made.

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