briefing

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

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:
      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

briefing

  1. present participle and gerund of brief

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English briefing.

Pronunciation

Noun

briefing

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

  1. briefing

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

briefing m (invariable)

  1. briefing

Further reading

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

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

Noun

briefing m inan

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

Declension

Declension of briefing
singular plural
nominative briefing briefingi
genitive briefingu briefingów
dative briefingowi briefingom
accusative briefing briefingi
instrumental briefingiem briefingami
locative briefingu briefingach
vocative briefingu briefingi

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

Noun

briefing n (plural briefinguri)

  1. briefing

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative briefing briefingul briefinguri briefingurile
genitive-dative briefing briefingului briefinguri briefingurilor
vocative briefingule briefingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾifin/
  • Rhymes: -ifin
  • Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

  1. briefing
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