Contextualizebeta

briefing

noun
/ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/UK/ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/CA/ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/

Etymology

From brief + -ing.

  1. derived from *mréǵʰus✻ — “short, brief”
  2. derived from brevis — “short”
  3. derived from brief
  4. inherited from breef
  5. formed as briefing — “brief + -ing”

Definitions

  1. A concise summary of a current situation

    • The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.

  2. A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close…

    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.

  3. present participle and gerund of brief

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for briefing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA