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- Dictionaryde·brief/dēˈbrēf/
verb
- 1. question (someone, typically a soldier or spy) about a completed mission or undertaking: "together they debriefed their two colleagues"
noun
- 1. a series of questions about a completed mission or undertaking: "in the debrief, Gary gave his assessment of the trip and his performance"
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Learn the meaning of debrief, a verb that means to interrogate someone after a mission or experience, or to review something carefully. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related articles.
Debrief means to question someone in detail about work they have done for you, or to get useful information about something that person has done for you. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see translations and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Debrief means to question someone in detail about work they have done for you. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see sample sentences and find translations in other languages.
When you debrief someone, you interview the person about an experience, project, or mission they've completed. A soldier's commanding officer might debrief her after a particularly difficult battle.
to question formally and systematically in order to obtain useful intelligence or information: Political and economic experts routinely debrief important defectors about conditions in their home country.
Debrief is a verb that means to ask someone to report on a mission or task they have just completed. It can also mean to question someone for information or to restrict them from revealing classified information.
Debriefing is a meeting to get information about a finished piece of work, such as what was done successfully and what was not. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of debriefing with examples from various sources.
