briefing
Syllables: brief·ing/ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/US/ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/
briefing noun: a concise summary of a current situation. Also the present participle and gerund of brief.
Noun
briefing (plural briefings)
- A concise summary of a current situation
- The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
- A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.
- Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.
- Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport
Also used as
briefing is also the present participle and gerund of brief.
briefing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
briefing in Hindi
- ब्रीफिंग
briefing in Marathi
- ब्रीफिंग
briefing in Bengali
- ব্রিফিং
briefing in Telugu
- బ్రీఫింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
- briefing in Malayalam
- ബ്രീഫിംഗ്
- briefing in Kannada
- ಬ್ರೀಫಿಂಗ್
- briefing in Punjabi
- ਬ੍ਰੀਫਿੰਗ
- briefing in Gujarati
- બ્રીફિંગ, બ્રીફીંગ
- briefing in Odia
- ବ୍ରିଫିଂ, ବ୍ରିଫିଙ୍ଗ, ବ୍ରିଫିଙ୍ଗ୍
- briefing in Nepali
- ब्रीफिङ, ब्रीफिंग, ब्रीफिङ्ग
Examples of briefing in a sentence
- Our safety briefing this morning was sprinkled with his colorful Arkansas-born sayings.
- 'OK, Troops, cammy up, and then one final briefing in fifteen minutes.'
- Afterward, I asked the briefing officer if he thought any Vietcong were working on the base itself.
Forms of briefing
| plural | briefings |
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Origin of briefing
From brief + -ing.
Words formed from briefing
Phrases with briefing
Words that rhyme with briefing
Questions about briefing
- What does briefing mean?
- Briefing means a concise summary of a current situation.
- What is briefing in Hindi?
- Briefing in Hindi is ब्रीफिंग. See Briefing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is briefing?
- Briefing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce briefing?
- Briefing is pronounced /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of briefing?
- The plural of briefing is briefings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: briefing (page history and authors); briefing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); briefing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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