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Past tense of brief

regular verb

The past tense of brief is briefed. The past participle is also briefed.

Forms of brief

Base form (V1)brief /ˈbɹiːf/
Past tense (V2)briefed /bɹiːft/
Past participle (V3)briefed /bɹiːft/
Present participlebriefing /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/
Third person singularbriefs /bɹiːfs/

Briefed in a sentence

  • The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
  • It is being briefed that Southeastern operations will return to the private sector, and that use of the Operator of Last Resort team will be a temporary arrangement.2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68
  • The continuing eighteen aircraft maintained their briefed course until reaching the Initial Point of the bomb run.2011, Stuart J Wright, An Emotional Gauntlet, page 159. From the entry briefed
  • The grace notes of garters flowing around laced bikini briefed hips.2002, H. H. Fuller, It's a Wrap, page 56. From the entry briefed
  • We will wait for a properly briefed appeal to determine this important issue .1997, Individual Employment Rights Cases - Volume 12, page 1095. From the entry briefed

Meaning of brief

  1. adjective Of short duration; happening quickly.
  2. adjective Concise; taking few words.
  3. adjective Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

Full definition of brief

Questions about the past tense of brief

What is the past tense of brief?
The past tense of brief is briefed.
What is the past participle of brief?
The past participle of brief is briefed.
Is brief a regular or irregular verb?
Brief is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brief (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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