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sitrep

UK/ˈsɪtˌɹɛp/

sitrep noun: a situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.

Noun (1)

sitrep (plural sitreps)

  1. A situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.
    • Anyone in the barracks, I need a sitrep. Now!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest
  2. (broadly) An update or report on the status of something or someone.
    • I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 41

Noun (2) capitalized: SITREP

SITREP (plural SITREPs)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of sitrep.

Noun (3) capitalized: SitRep

SitRep (plural SitReps)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of sitrep.

Forms of sitrep

pluralsitreps
alternative formSITREP
alternative formSitRep
pluralSITREPs
pluralSitReps

Origin of sitrep

Clipping of situation report.

Questions about sitrep

What does sitrep mean?
Sitrep means a situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.
What part of speech is sitrep?
Sitrep is a noun.
How do you pronounce sitrep?
Sitrep is pronounced /ˈsɪtˌɹɛp/ (UK).
What is the plural of sitrep?
The plural of sitrep is sitreps.

Words near sitrep in the dictionary

  1. sitosterones
  2. sitotoxism
  3. sitout
  4. sitouts
  5. sitravatinib
  6. sitrep
  7. sitreps
  8. sits
  9. sits about
  10. sits around
  11. sits back

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sitrep (page history and authors); SITREP (page history and authors); SitRep (page history and authors). 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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