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Military & Defence vocabulary · Command, Orders & Communication

Briefing

Meaning in military & defence, with examples

/ˈbriːfɪŋ/nounCore term

In military & defence, briefing means: A meeting in which people receive the information and instructions they need before a task, often with slides, maps and a fixed structure.

In Turkish: brifing, bilgilendirme toplantısı

How it is used

You give, deliver, attend or receive a briefing. After the task there is often a debriefing (debrief) to review what happened. Military briefings follow standard formats and usually end with questions.

Example sentences

  1. The safety briefing starts at 0800 in the main hall.

  2. She gave a short briefing on the new supply procedures.

Common collocations

  • give a briefing
  • attend a briefing
  • safety briefing
  • mission briefing
  • briefing room
  • orderAn official instruction from a superior that must be carried out; also a formal written document that sets out a plan or task.
  • missionThe task given to a person or unit, together with its purpose; also a particular flight, trip or operation carried out to achieve it.
  • situation report (SITREP)A short, regular report that tells a higher headquarters the current status of a unit: where it is, what it is doing, its problems and its needs.
  • commanderThe officer in charge of a unit, ship, base or operation, who has the authority and responsibility to make decisions and give orders.

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