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debriefs

debriefs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debrief.

debriefs is the plural of debrief.

Meaning of debrief

Verb

debrief (third-person singular simple present debriefs, present participle debriefing, simple past and past participle debriefed)

  1. (transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
    • But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the...2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 24:41 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022
  2. (transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
  3. (transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.

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Questions about debriefs

What is debriefs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Debriefs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debrief.

Words near debriefs in the dictionary

  1. debriefees
  2. debriefer
  3. debriefers
  4. debriefing
  5. debriefings
  6. debriefs
  7. debrine
  8. debrined
  9. debrines
  10. debrining
  11. debris

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