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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun briefing has 1 sense
- briefing(n = noun.communication) Array - detailed instructions, as for a military operation; Array is a kind of informing, making known
Derived form verb brief1
CIDE DICTIONARY
briefing, n.
- giving detailed instructions, as for a military operation. [WordNet 1.5]
- a detailed set of instructions before an operation, given to those who are to execute it. [PJC]
- a summary report of an operation or event after it has occurred, by a participant or observer. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
briefing, n.
1 a meeting for giving information or instructions.
2 the information or instructions given; a brief.
3 the action of informing or instructing.
1 a meeting for giving information or instructions.
2 the information or instructions given; a brief.
3 the action of informing or instructing.
THESAURUS
briefing
account, acquaintance, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, airmanship, announcement, appointment, arrangement, basic training, bespeaking, blue book, booking, brief, bulletin, caution, caveat, clearing the decks, communication, communique, consultation, council, counsel, data, datum, direction, directions, directory, dispatch, employment, engagement, enlightenment, equipment, evidence, exhortation, expostulation, facts, factual information, familiarization, final instructions, fixing, flight plan, flying lessons, foundation, gen, general information, groundwork, guidance, guidebook, handout, hard information, hiring, hortation, idea, incidental information, info, information, instruction, instructions, intelligence, knowledge, light, makeready, making ready, manufacture, mention, message, mobilization, monition, notice, notification, opinion, orders, parley, pilot training, pilotship, planning, prearrangement, preengagement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, presentation, pretreatment, processing, promotional material, proof, propaedeutic, proposal, provision, publication, publicity, readying, recommendation, release, remonstrance, report, reservation, retainment, rundown, sidelight, spadework, statement, suggestion, taking on, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, thought, training, transmission, treatment, trial, tryout, warm-up, warning, washout, white book, white paper, word
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