Meanings
nounbriefing (plural briefings)
plural briefings
- 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.
1 more example
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
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of brief
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mreǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mréǵʰus
- Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
- Latinbrevis
- Old Frenchbrief
- Old Frenchbrieve
- Middle Englishbref
- Englishbrief
- Englishbriefing
Translations
Chinese Cantonese briefing
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
Dutch briefing, briefing
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
- briefingshort and concise summary of a situation
Estonian briifing
- briifingshort and concise summary of a situation
Finnish tiedotustilaisuus, tehtävänjako
- tiedotustilaisuuspresentation of information or instruction
- tehtävänjakopresentation of information or instruction
- käskynjakopresentation of information or instruction
- selontekopresentation of information or instruction
- opastuspresentation of information or instruction
- ohjeistuspresentation of information or instruction
- yhteenvetoshort and concise summary of a situation
- tiivistelmäshort and concise summary of a situation
- briiffausshort and concise summary of a situation
French briefing, revue de presse
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
- revue de presseshort and concise summary of a situation
Hungarian eligazítás
- eligazításpresentation of information or instruction
Italian briefing
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
Japanese ブリーフィング
- ブリーフィング (burīfingu)short and concise summary of a situation
Korean 브리핑
- 브리핑 (beuriping)short and concise summary of a situation
Latvian brīfings
- brīfingsshort and concise summary of a situation
Polish briefing, briefing
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
- briefingshort and concise summary of a situation
Portuguese briefing, resumo
- briefingpresentation of information or instruction
- resumoshort and concise summary of a situation
Russian инструкта́ж, бри́финг
- инструкта́ж (instruktáž)short and concise summary of a situation
- бри́финг (brífing)short and concise summary of a situation
Spanish sesión informativa, instrucciones
- sesión informativapresentation of information or instruction
- instruccionespresentation of information or instruction
- informeshort and concise summary of a situation
Swedish informationsmöte, summering
- informationsmötepresentation of information or instruction
- summeringshort and concise summary of a situation
Turkish brifing, brifingler
- brifingshort and concise summary of a situation
- brifinglershort and concise summary of a situation
Ukrainian бри́фінг
- бри́фінг (brýfinh)short and concise summary of a situation
Welsh briffio
- briffiopresentation of information or instruction
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
briefing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/briefing
MLA
“briefing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/briefing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “briefing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/briefing.
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