briefing n : detailed instructions, as for a military operation

English

Noun

1. A short and concise summary of a situation.

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

Verb

briefing

1. present participle of brief

Brief may refer to:

• Brief (law), a number of formal document types
• Brief (text editor), a popular text editor for the MS-DOS operating system
• Brief, short for Briefing, as in President's Daily Brief
• a letter
• Brief (architecture)
• Design brief

Briefs are a type of tight Y-shaped underwear and swimwear but may also refer to:

• The Briefs, a Seattle band
• Götz Briefs, a Catholic social theorist, social ethicist, social philosopher and political economist

See also

• Brandeis Brief
• Brief intervention
• Brief therapy
• Briefing note
• The Pelican Brief
• Watching Brief

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