# briefed

Pronunciation: say "BREEFT" /bɹift/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of brief. — simple past and past participle of brief
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of brief. Use this form when talking about giving someone key information at an earlier time.
   - _The general briefed reporters on the operation's outcome._
   - _Investigators were briefed before the evidence was made public._

## Adjective

2. Having received a briefing; informed about the relevant facts of a task or situation.
   - Simple: Already given the facts you need to know about a task or situation.
   - _A well-briefed spokesman handled every awkward question with ease._
   - _The delegates arrived fully briefed on the morning's agenda._
3. Carried out as set out in a briefing; matching the instructions given beforehand.
   - Simple: Done exactly the way a briefing said it should be done.
   - _The crew followed the briefed sequence and completed the landing safely._
   - _Any departure from the briefed plan had to be reported at once._
4. Reduced to a short summary; condensed into a shorter form.
   - Simple: Made shorter by cutting it down to a quick summary.
   - _Readers received a briefed account of the long committee debate._
   - _The briefed minutes left out everything but the final decisions._
5. Of a case, having had one or more briefs (written statements of fact or legal argument) submitted for it.
   - Simple: Of a case, having had legal papers called briefs handed in for it.
   - _A briefed appeal sat on the clerk's desk awaiting the judge's attention._
   - _The thoroughly briefed dispute needed only short oral argument._
6. Of a lawyer, having cases to handle; actively engaged in legal work.
   - Simple: Describes a lawyer who has cases to work on and is busy with legal work.
   - _A well-briefed advocate seldom has a free afternoon during term._
   - _He stayed briefed all year, moving from one trial straight into the next._
7. Dressed in briefs, a type of short, close-fitting underwear.
   - Simple: Wearing briefs, a kind of short, close-fitting underwear.
   - _The model posed briefed and barefoot for the underwear advertisement._
   - _He lounged on the couch briefed, a shirt still draped over the chair._

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