sitrep
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[edit]sitrep (plural sitreps)
- (military) A situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:
- Anyone in the barracks, I need a sitrep. Now!
- (by extension) An update or report on the status of something or someone.
- 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 41:
- I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sitrep”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.