debrief

English

Etymology

de- +‎ brief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈbɹiːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf

Verb

debrief (third-person singular simple present debriefs, present participle debriefing, simple past and past participle debriefed)

1. (transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
2. (transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.
3. (transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.

Derived terms

• debriefing (noun)

Translations

to question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.

• German: (eingehend) befragen
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to question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc..

• German: nachbesprechen
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to inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner

• German: (eingehend) unterrichten
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Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 听取汇报，询问详情

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Anagrams

• briefed, defiber, fibered