briefing

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briefing (plural briefings)

  1. A short and concise summary of a situation.
    The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
  2. A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.
    Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.
    • 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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.

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Verb[edit]

briefing

  1. present participle and gerund of brief

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English briefing.

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briefing

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) briefing; meeting with the purpose of introducing information or instruction about something that happens afterwards

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbri(ː).fɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun[edit]

briefing f (plural briefings)

  1. briefing; a short and concise summary of a situation.
  2. briefing; a presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English briefing.

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briefing m (plural briefings)

  1. briefing

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.fin/
  • Rhymes: -ifinɡ, -ifin
  • Hyphenation: brìe‧fing

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briefing m (invariable)

  1. briefing

Further reading[edit]

  • briefing in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

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briefing m inan

  1. briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
  2. (aviation) check-in for pilots held before takeoff

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Further reading[edit]

  • briefing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • briefing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

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briefing n (plural briefinguri)

  1. briefing

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾifin/ [ˈbɾi.fĩn]
  • Rhymes: -ifin
  • Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun[edit]

briefing m (plural briefings)

  1. briefing