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brief

Definitions

adjective

  1. concise and succinct
  2. of short duration or distance
  3. (of clothing) very short

noun

  1. a condensed written summary or abstract
  2. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

verb

  1. give essential information to someone

Examples

He says the briefcase is impractical: A lot of other people in our office use rucksacks because they cycle to work.

Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.

(12 May 2006) - Three years in the business might seem like a too-brief span for a retrospective, but since 2003, Washington D. C.-based quartet the Fort Knox Five founded their own record label (called Fort Knox Recordings), remixed the likes of Tito Puente, Louis Armstrong, And Tower of Power, and collaborated with hip hop's elder statesman Africa Bambaataa-not to mention all the bodies they've got moving on the ...

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debrief

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verb

  1. put someone through a debriefing and make him report

Examples

The centre will include state-of-the-art technology for commanders to oversee the exercises in real time then replay missions in debriefs to personnel.

The single most important procedure in this methodology is an effective debriefing.

In our debrief, we discussed crew coordination and the process of deciding to eject.

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