briefing

[ bree-fing ]

noun

1. Military. a short, factual oral summary of the details of a current or projected military operation given to the participants or observers.
2. any set of concise instructions or a summary of events.

briefing

/ ˈbriːfɪŋ /

noun

1. a meeting at which detailed information or instructions are given, as for military operations, etc
2. the facts presented during such a meeting

Word History and Origins

Origin of briefing¹

First recorded in 1860–65; brief + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Perhaps 20 families around the world would meet these strict criteria, Michèle Ramsay, a human geneticist at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said September 3 during a news briefing.

From Science News

The officials held a press briefing with more than 50 people crowding into a room in an emergency operations center.

From Fortune

The county hastily called a press conference Friday to talk about the change, but one of its own, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, boycotted the briefing.

From Voice of San Diego

After a safety briefing, my coworkers and I were split into crews of five to six people, and we were assigned three to five aircraft.

From Fortune

The county hastily called a press briefing for the afternoon, announcing that Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten and County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher would present.

From Voice of San Diego

Specifically, what briefing did the flight crew receive before they went to the airplane?

From The Daily Beast

Schiff told The Daily Beast that he was given a classified briefing about the Sony attack from the intelligence community Friday.

From The Daily Beast

Their speech was met “very warmly, with applause,” according to bishops briefing the press afterwards.

From The Daily Beast

It borrows its title from a statement former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made at a press briefing in 2012.

From The Daily Beast

They spoke anonymously as a condition of giving the briefing.

From The Daily Beast

In the silence of the briefing room, it seemed to be ticking much too loudly.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometime during the discussion, she made coffee, and first Randolph, then the Kid came in for briefing.

From Project Gutenberg

Because of your little expedition, we have to tell you more now than we tell any of our men before the final briefing.

From Project Gutenberg

Either someone slipped up in his briefing, or the Reds are overconfident and don't care about the rules.

From Project Gutenberg

Peter Wayne made use of his extra few inches of height to glance around the briefing room.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• conference
• discussion
• information
• instruction
• meeting
• update